Comprehensive guide to filament / 3d printing material testing methods and terminology.
ASTM D1238 is an American standard that specifies test methods for determining the melt flow rate (MFR) and melt volume rate (MVR) of thermoplastic materials using an extrusion plastometer.
ASTM D256 is an American standard that specifies test methods for determining the Izod pendulum impact resistance of plastics.
ASTM D257 is an American standard that specifies test methods for determining the insulating properties of solid electrical insulation, including surface and volume resistivity.
ASTM D638 is a standard test method for determining the tensile properties of unreinforced and reinforced plastics.
ASTM D648 is an American standard that specifies test methods for determining the deflection temperature of plastics under flexural load (heat deflection temperature or HDT).
ASTM D792 is an American standard that specifies test methods for determining the density and specific gravity of plastics by displacement methods.
The Charpy Impact Test is designed to measure how much energy a material can absorb when it is hit suddenly.
Density measures how much mass a 3D printing filament has per unit volume.
IEC 60093 is an international standard published by the International Electrotechnical Commission that specifies test methods for determining the volume resistivity and surface resistivity of electrical insulating materials.
ISO 1133 is an international standard that specifies test methods for determining the melt mass-flow rate (MFR) and melt volume-flow rate (MVR) of thermoplastic materials.
ISO 11357 is an international standard that specifies test methods for determining thermal transitions of plastics using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC).
ISO 1183 is a standard test method for determining the density of solid plastics.
ISO 178 is an international standard that specifies test methods for determining the flexural properties of rigid and semi-rigid plastics.
ISO 179 is an international standard that specifies test methods for determining the Charpy impact resistance of rigid plastics.
ISO 180 is an international standard that specifies test methods for determining the Izod impact resistance of rigid plastics.
ISO 306 is an international standard that specifies test methods for determining the Vicat softening temperature of thermoplastic materials.
ISO 3146 is an international standard that specifies test methods for determining the melting temperature and melting range of semi-crystalline polymers using capillary tube and polarizing microscope methods.
ISO 527 is a set of international standards that specifies test methods for determining the tensile properties of plastics.
ISO 75 is an international standard that specifies test methods for determining the temperature of deflection under load (heat deflection temperature) of plastics.
ISO 868 is an international standard that specifies test methods for determining the indentation hardness of plastics and ebonite by means of a durometer (Shore hardness).