ASTM D 638 - 03 Standard Test Method for Tensile Properties of Plastics

American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM). Current edition approved December 1, 2003. Published January 2004. 15 p. This test method covers the determination of the tensile properties of unreinforced and reinforced plastics in the form of standard dumbbell-shaped test specimens when tested under defined conditions of pretreatment, temperature, humidity, and testing machine speed.