Internal Bond Test for Fiberboards and Wood Adhesives (ASTM D1037)

Chipboard, fiberboard, and particle board are engineered materials made by gluing
wood chips or wood particles together with an adhesive under high pressure.
Increased use of these materials has resulted in the need for more stringent
testing to determine their strength properties. One of these tests is the tensile
strength perpendicular to surface test, also known as the internal bond strength
test, and is also commonly used as a fundamental measure of the adhesive
performance in wood composites. This test method covers the determination of
tensile strength properties of these boards or adhesive bonds in wood.

In principle, the test involves bonding specimen blocks to the top and bottom

surfaces of the test specimen with a suitable adhesive. ASTM D1037, Standard
Test Method for Evaluating Properties of Wood-Base Fiber and Particle Panel
Materials, specifies that the upper loading fixture should be self-aligning, and the
specimen blocks should be 2-inch square by 1-inch in thickness and made from
steel or aluminum alloy. The loading fixtures, which grip the specimen blocks, are
attached to the test machine and tension is applied perpendicular to specimen
surface until the specimen fails. Tensile strength is then calculated by dividing the
maximum load at failure by the cross-sectional area of the test specimen.

A suitable test set up for testing to these standards includes either a 3300 or 5500
Series electromechanical testing machine, configured with a suitable load cell and
the internal bond fixture. Our internal bond fixture is designed in compliance with
the test fixture specifications stated in the test standards.   

Our Bluehill® Lite or Bluehill 2 tension application module contains many test set

up parameters, providing user the flexibility to create test methods to meet a wide
range of international test standards, and automatically calculate the desired
results and produces a test report.

About This Solution

ASTM D1037 | BS 5669 | JIS A 5905
Related Standards:
| JIS A 5906 | JIS A 5908
Specimen Type: Rectangular
Materials: Wood
Type of Test: Tension (What is a Tension Test?)
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