DETERMINATION OF TENSILE PROPERTIES

Industrial Technology Institute

TEST CODE : ML
Materials laboratory
Revision No : Issue Date : 2017.

Method Manual

1.0 SCOPE

1.1 This test method determines the tensile properties of u PVC pipes.
1.2 This method is specified according to the methods given in SLS 147 :2013 ,SLS ISO
6259-1:2013 and SLS ISO 6259-2:2013

2.0 REFERENCE DOCUMENTS

2.1.SLS 147:2013 Specification for unplasticized Poly(Vinyl Chloride) Pipes for water supply
and for buried and above ground drainage and sewerage under pressure (Third Edition)
2.2 SLS ISO 6259-1:2013 Thermoplastics pipes -Determination of tensile properties - Part 1:
General test method
2.3. SLS ISO 6259-2:2013 Thermoplastics pipes - Determination of tensile properties-Part 2:
Pipes made of unplasticized poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC-U), chlorinated poly (vinyl chloride)
(PVC-C) and high-impact poly (vinyl chloride) (PVC-HI)
2.4. Record sheet for u PVC

3.0 INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS

3.1 Tensile Testing Machine

Specifications
Grips- for holding the test piece and attached to the machine so that the major axis of the test
piece coincides with the direction of pull through the centreline of the assembly by using
centering pins in the grips.The clamping system shall not cause premature fracture at the
grips.
3.2 Load indicator
3.3 Extensometer scale , suitable for determining the gauge length of the test piece at any
moment during the test.
3.4 Vernier caliper capable of reading to 0,01 mm or less and suitable for measuring

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TEST CODE : ML
Materials laboratory
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Method Manual

width of the test piece.

3.5 Thickness Gauge capable of reading to 0,01 mm or less
3.6 Cutting die, conforming to the relevant profile in ISO 6259-2 or ISO 6259-3, as
applicable.
3.7 Milling machine and cutter, capable of producing the test piece specified in ISO 6259-2
or ISO 6259-3, as applicable.
3.8 Oven cable of maintain temperature between 1250C and 1300C
4.0 TEST PIECES
4.1 Sampling

4.2 Dimension
Depending on the method by which they are prepared (see 4.2), the shape and dimensions of
the test pieces shall conform to table 1 and figure 1 or table 2 and figure 2, as applicable.
4.3 Preparation of test pices

4.4
5.0 TEST PROCEDURE

5.1 Sampling
5.2 Determination of Thickness
Select instrument or device for measuring wall thickness so that the accuracy of the result
is within the limits given in Table 1.
a) Maximum and minimum wall thicknesses
Move the measuring device until the positions of the maximum and/or minimum wall
thicknesses in the selected cross-sections

b) Mean wall thickness

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TEST CODE : ML
Materials laboratory
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Method Manual

In each selected cross-section, take at least six measurements of the wall thickness at regular
intervals around the circumference.
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5.0. CALCULATIONS

From the values obtained, calculate the arithmetic mean value of wall thickness,

6.0. REPORT
The reporting of observed value shall be as follows.
a) Maximum and Minimum Thickness
Record the observed value(s) in accordance with the accuracy mentioned in Table 1.
b) Mean wall Thickness
Round off the measured thickness values in accordance with Table 2 and record the answer as
the mean wall thickness, em.

Wall thickness Round arithmetic mean

value to the nearest :a
10 0.05
>10 and 30 0.1
>30 0.1
a
Exactly intermediate values shall be rounded up.

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