1 This International Standard specifies two methods (method A and method B) for the determination of the tensile-impact strength of plastics under defined conditions. The tests can be described as tensile tests at relatively high strain rates. These methods can be used for rigid materials (as defined in ISO 472), but are especially useful for materials too flexible or too thin to be tested with impact tests conforming to ISO 179 or ISO 180.
2 These methods are used for investigating the behaviour of specified specimens under specified impact velocities, and for estimating the brittleness or the toughness of specimens within the limitations inherent in the test conditions.
3 These methods are applicable both to specimens prepared from moulding materials and to specimens taken from finished or semi-finished products (for example mouldings, laminates, or extruded or cast sheets).
4 Results obtained by testing moulded specimens of different dimensions may not necessarily be the same. Equally, specimens cut from moulded products may not give the same results as specimens of the same dimensions moulded directly from the material. Test results obtained from specimens prepared from moulding compounds cannot be applied directly to mouldings of any given shape, because values may depend on the design of the moulding and the moulding conditions. Results obtained by method A and method B may or may not be comparable.
5 These methods are not suitable for use as a source of data for design calculations on components. Information on the typical behaviour of a material can be obtained, however, by testing different types of test specimen prepared under different conditions, and by testing at different temperatures. The two different methods are suitable for production control as well as for quality control.
ISO 8256:2004 Referenced Document
ISO 10350-1 Plastics - Acquisition and presentation of comparable single-point data - Part 1: Moulding materials*, 2017-09-01 Update
ISO 11403-3 Plastics - Acquisition and presentation of comparable multipoint data - Part 3: Environmental influences on properties*, 2021-05-31 Update
ISO 13802 Plastics — Verification of pendulum impact-testing machines — Charpy, Izod and tensile impact-testing*, 2016-04-01 Update
ISO 179-1 Plastics. Determination of Charpy impact properties - Non-instrumented impact test*, 2023-06-07 Update
ISO 179-2 Plastics — Determination of Charpy impact properties — Part 2: Instrumented impact test — Amendment 1: Precision data*, 2020-05-14 Update
ISO 180 Plastics. Determination of Izod impact strength*, 2023-06-07 Update
ISO 2602 Statistical interpretation of test results; estimation of the mean; confidence interval
ISO 2818 Plastics — Preparation of test specimens by machining*, 2018-12-13 Update
ISO 291 Plastics - Standard atmospheres for conditioning and testing*, 2008-05-01 Update
ISO 293 Plastics — Compression moulding of test specimens of thermoplastic materials*, 2023-02-21 Update
ISO 294-1 Plastics - Injection moulding of test specimens of thermoplastic materials - Part 1: General principles, and moulding of multipurpose and bar test specimens*, 2017-05-01 Update
ISO 294-2 Plastics — Injection moulding of test specimens of thermoplastic materials — Part 2: Small tensile bars*, 2018-12-07 Update
ISO 294-3 Plastics — Injection moulding of test specimens of thermoplastic materials — Part 3: Small plates*, 2020-06-26 Update
ISO 295 Plastics - Compression moulding of test specimens of thermosetting materials
ISO 3167 Plastics - Multipurpose test specimens*, 2014-08-01 Update