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MATERIALS TESTING PRIMER

SELECT TEST METHODS

FOR MATERIALS TESTING

or engineers and scientists who need to know if a certain testing technique or ana-

lytical methodmight be capable of providing answers to their materials properties

questions, this special section describes two important techniques in simplified

terms and emphasizes themost common applications and limitations of eachmethod.

Articles include a summary of general uses, applications, types of samples for

testing, limitations of the method, typical time required for analysis, and

capabilities of related techniques. The summary is designed to provide

readers with a quick overview of the technique and to

help them decide whether the technique might be

applicable to their problem.

Techniques included in this section are:

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Tensile Testing

•

Fatigue Testing

Contact the sponsors of these pages if you are looking for testing equipment/

instruments or more information about testing capabilities. To find more informa-

tion about testing primers and materials information, go to

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