ASTM D 1709 - 03 Standard Test Methods for Impact Resistance of Plastic Film by the Free-Falling Dart Method

American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM). Current edition approved March 10, 2003. Published April 2003. 9 p. These test methods cover the determination of the energy that causes plastic film to fail under specified conditions of impact of a free-falling dart. This energy is expressed in terms of the weight (mass) of the missile falling from a specified height which would result in 50 % failure of specimens tested