CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS

The objective of this experiment, which is to study the effect of material, temperature and the
stress on the creep test, has been performed successfully. In overall, we can conclude that Teflon
has the greatest elongation in both room and cold temperature compared to PDFE when a
constant force is applied. This is due to the weaker molecular structure of Teflon. When the load
gets heavier, the elongation of both PDFE and Teflon has increased as well. The data in table 3.1
and 3.2 clearly indicates the extensions between two materials, PDFE and Teflon when various
loads are applied. Based on Table 3.1, PDFE and Teflon has extended 0.25 mm and 0.60 mm
respectively under room temperature, 25℃ whereas under the cold temperature both materials
have only extended 0.14 mm and 0.56 mm when 2N load is applied. It clearly shows that PDFE
and Teflon have lower extensions under cold temperature. At colder temperature, the molecules
are lacking of energy and tend to relax at fixed place. Besides that, Teflon has achieved a strain
rate of 0.0240 mm/mm and 0.0224 mm/mm under room temperature and cold temperature
respectively when 2N load is applied. Whereas when 6N load is applied, the strain rate for
Teflon has increased to 0.2556 mm/mm and 0.1452 mm/mm under room and cold temperature
respectively. On the other hand, PDFE has achieved a strain rate of 0.0100 mm/mm and 0.0056
mm/mm under room temperature and cold temperature respectively when 2N load is applied.
With an applied load of 6N, PDFE has a strain rate of 0.0224 mm/mm and 0.0188 mm/mm under
room and cold temperature respectively. Graph 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, and 3.4 displays that Teflon has the
higher strain rate than PDFE under constant temperature and constant force. Moreover, it clearly
shows that the strain of the material is proportional to its elongation.

It is highly recommended that this experiment must be conducted under room temperature to
prevent any change in surrounding temperature. Moreover, the eyes must keep perpendicular to
the scale of dial gauge to avoid any parallax error. Furthermore, ensure that the specimen is in
the same length for both materials before conducting the experiment to avoid any systematic
error. Besides, the specimen must be kept in a cold storage box for a while to achieve the cold
temperature. Lastly, the temperature of the box must be measured using thermometer before the
specimens were taken out to avoid any change in temperature.
ERROR ANALYSIS

There were some noticeable errors occurred during the experiment which might affect the
results. First and foremost, the phone camera may have recorded slightly later than the
experiment started. The data was recorded based on the time on the phone camera. This slight
change in time may affect the data collected. To obtain an accurate value, the experiment should
be repeated three times and average values can be determined.

On the other hand, the systematic errors may have affected the results. Dial gauge has set to the
accuracy of 0.01 mm which is very sensitive to little changes. During the experiment, the rod
was held still while the load was being added; it may have changed the measurement in the dial
gauge slightly which later could have caused inaccuracy in the results.

Moreover, zero error occurred during the experiment. The dial gauge was not adjusted to zero
and it may cause a big difference in the results. To avoid this error, the eye must be
perpendicular to the scale and the scale must be adjusted carefully to zero to obtain accurate
results.