Geomembranes play a critical role in modern containment systems, from landfills and wastewater lagoons to mining operations and industrial ponds. Because these liners are designed to prevent leaks ...

W. CONSHOHOCKEN, PA — A new ASTM International standard will empower producers of certain kinds of plastic tubes to conduct better, faster quality control testing at a lower cost and with greater ...

The properties of rubber and plastics are very diverse. ASTM standards provide a crucial role in confirming the validity of the information used to make decisions about materials in industries that ...

Since its launch in 2021, Profilometry-based Indentation Plastometry (PIP) testing has been widely adopted by engineers who require mechanical property data from parts that cannot be easily tested ...

ASTM International has developed a standard (E3503) that will address a specific need in the ethanol industry: measuring corn ...

The AOPA has tested unleaded avgas on a Beechcraft Baron demonstration aircraft, shown on display at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh ...

Testometric stocks a wide range of pneumatic, manual wedge, and pneumatic grips for tensile testing and also provides fixtures for cupping tests, flexural shear, compression and hardness tests.

A: Biocompatibility, sterility, and mechanical properties are of utmost importance. Materials such as stainless steel 316L or ...

AWPA Standard, E10, Standard Method of Testing Wood Preservatives by Laboratory Soil-Block Cultures. Also, ASTM D1413 and WDMA TM-1. The soil block decay test is a highly standardized means for ...

In May 2007, this column was devoted to the standardization of test methods and the need for same. A detailed discussion of the evolution of standards was presented, and it is, perhaps, well worth ...

In the early 1980s, the limited damage resistance/tolerance of relatively brittle carbon/epoxy composite materials that had been available up to that time spurred development of toughened epoxies, ...