Rubber, Vulcanized or Thermoplastic — Determination of Tear Strength — Trouser, Angle and Crescent Test Pieces – Testing Equipment
4 PrincipleThe test consists in measuring the force required to tear a specified test piece, in continuation of the cutor nick already produced in the test piece or, in the case of method B, procedure (a), completely acrossthe width of the test piece.The tearing force is applied by means of a tensile testing machine, operated…