Designation:D6110−18StandardTestMethodforDeterminingtheCharpyImpactResistanceofNotchedSpecimensofPlastics1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD6110;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope*1.1Thistestmethodisusedtodeterminetheresistanceofplasticstobreakagebyflexuralshockasindicatedbytheenergyextractedfromstandardized(seeNote1)pendulum-typehammers,mountedinstandardizedmachines,inbreakingstandardspecimenswithonependulumswing.Thistestmethodrequiresspecimenstobemadewithamillednotch(seeNote2).Thenotchproducesastressconcentrationwhichpromotesabrittle,ratherthanaductile,fracture.Theresultsofthistestmethodarereportedintermsofenergyabsorbedperunitofspecimenwidth(seeNote3).NOTE1—Themachineswithpendulum-typehammershavebeenstandardizedinthattheymustcomplywithcertainrequirementsincludingafixedheightofhammerfall,whichresultsinasubstantiallyfixedvelocityofthehammeratthemomentofimpact.Hammersofdifferentinitialenergies(producedbyvaryingtheireffectiveweights),however,arerecommendedforusewithspecimensofdifferentimpactresistance.Moreover,manufacturersoftheequipmentarepermittedtousedifferentlengthsandconstructionsofpendulumswithpossibledifferencesinpendulumrigiditiesresulting(seeSection5).Beawarethatotherdifferencesinmachinedesigndoexist.NOTE2—Thespecimensarestandardizedinthattheyhaveafixedlengthandfixeddepth,however,thewidthofthespecimensispermittedtovarybetweenlimits.Onedesignofmillednotchisallowed.Thenotchinthespecimenservestoconcentratethestress,minimizeplasticdeformation,anddirectthefracturetothepartofthespecimenbehindthenotch.Scatterinenergy-to-breakisthusreduced.Becauseofdifferencesintheelasticandviscoelasticpropertiesofplastics,however,responsetoagivennotchvariesamongmaterials.NOTE3—Cautionmustbeexercisedininterpretingtheresultsofthistestmethod...
