DIN Standards Committee Plastics
Plastics - Determination of resistance to environmental stress cracking (ESC) - Part 6: Slow strain rate method
Abstract
ISO 22088-6:2006 describes a procedure for assessing the environmental stress cracking (ESC) susceptibility of polymeric materials in chemical environments by slowly increasing the strain applied to a tensile specimen at a constant rate. It is applicable to test specimens prepared by moulding and/or machining and can be used to assess the relative ESC susceptibility of a material exposed to different environments or the relative ESC susceptibility of different plastics exposed to a specific environment. This is essentially a ranking test and is not intended for the provision of design data. The principle advantage of the test compared with the test methods described in Parts 2 to 5 of ISO 22088 is the rapidity with which the ESC susceptibility of a particular polymer/environment combination can be assessed.
Begin
2025-12-18
WI
00249A7O
Planned document number
prEN ISO 22088-6 rev
Responsible national committee
NA 054-01-04 AA - Behavior towards environmental effects
