Test Method Title
Standard Test Method for Tensile Properties of Plastics **Discontinued for geomembrane use, the industry-accepted standard test method is now ASTM D6693
Reference Number
ASTM D638
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 unreinforced and reinforced plastics in the form of standard dumbbell-shaped test specimens when tested under defined conditions of pretreatment, humidity and testing machine speed.
Number of Test Specimens
5 machine direction 5 cross machine direction
Test Specimen Size
0.75" x 4.5" (Type IV) dogbone
Keywords
break, elongation, tensile, yield