ISO16770 Plastics — Determination of Environmental Stress Cracking (ESC) of Polyethylene — Full-Notch Creep Test (FNCT)
5 Apparatus5.1 Loading deviceA suitable device for applying the load is a lever-arm loading machine with an arm ratio between 4:1 and 10:1. A typical example of such a device is shown in Figure 2. The lever-arm ratio R is equal to L1/L2. When the lever-arm is fitted with the top specimen grip and the…