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Test Method Title

Standard Test Method for Determining Tensile Properties of Nonreinforced Polyethylene and Nonreinforced Flexible Polypropylene Geomembranes

Reference Number

ASTM D6693

Material

Geomembrane

Test Property

Yield and break tensile strength and elongation

Description of Test

This test method covers the determination of the tensile properties of nonreinforced geomembranes in the form of standard dumbbell-shaped test specimens when tested under defined conditions of pretreatment, temperature and testing machine speed.

Preferred Test Sample Size

Number of Test Specimens

5 machine direction 5 cross machine direction

Test Specimen Size

0.75" x 4.5" (Type IV) dogbone

Keywords

tensile, elongation, yield, break

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