Impact Strength

• Impact Strengths the capability of the material to

withstand a suddenly applied load and is expressed in
terms of energy.
• it expressed in j/m or kg cm/cm of notch.
• Its a mechanical property of any material.

Significance:
impact strength of material determines
the toughness of material it means resistance to high speed
loading
Factors affecting the impact strength

• Rate of loading
• Temperature
• Orientation
• Processing condition and types
• Degree of crystallinity , molecular
weight
Impact test for plastics can be categorized in three
major types:

1.pendulum impact test : charpy, izod ,tensile impact

test
2.Drop weight impact :

3.Instrumented impact test :

Test specimen and conditioning

For Izod test : 64.5mm × 12.7 mm × 3.2mm

For charpy test : 127mm × 12.7mm × 3.2mm

Notch : the angel of notch is 45°± 1° with a

radius of 0.25 mm.

Laboratory atmosphere is 23 ± 2°C and 50 ± 5

% RH
 Izod / charpy impact test

The test was developed in

“1905” by the French scientist
Notched Izod Impact Georges Charpy. Charpy
Strength Specimen is held Impact Strength Specimen is
as a vertical cantilevered held as a simply supported
beam and is impacted on the
beam and is broken by a
side opposite the notch. This
pendulum. Impact occurs on method is no longer covered
the notched side of the under ASTM D256 but is still
specimen. reported as such.
 Equipment :
Izod impact
Charpy Impact
What we know form impact strength test :

• Shock loading characteristics of material

• Test result used for comparison of material,
manufacturing condition, material texture design
and treatment .
Factors Affecting Test Result
• Notch
• Specimen thickness
• Specimen preparation
• Temperature
• Filler and other additives
• Limitations
 References

• Handbook of Plastics Testing and Failure Analysis by

Vishu Shah
• Google books ,Google scholar
• Fundamentals of plastics testing by S.K. Nayak
• www.polymer-filler.blogspot.com