Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Charpy and Izod Tests

I was telling about Impact hardness earlier on this blog. The Charpy and Izod tests are useful in determining the Impact hardness of the materials.


The materials with high impact hardness are ductile in nature and the materials with low impact hardness are brittle in nature.


Charpy Test:


The specimen used is 55mmx10mmx10mm in size with a V notch (making 45 degrees) as shown in figure. The specimen is held horizontally and a hammer repeatedly strikes the specimen till the specimen fails


A hammer attached to pendulum strikes the specimen when released from a height. The pendulum swings back after striking the specimen. The angle from which the pendulum is released and the angle to which the pendulum raises back after breaking the specimen are noted down and used in calculation of Impact hardness.

A picture of apparatus used is shown in the figure. The formula for calculating the energy required for breaking the specimen is given by formula
     Enegry = WR(cosα  - cosβ)

with W => weight of pendulum and hammer
        R => distance between center of gravity of pendulum to its striking edge
         α  => Initial angle from which pendulum is released
          β => The angle to which the pendulum rose after breaking the specimen


Izod Test:


Here the specimen is of size 75mmX10mmX10mm with a V notch (making 45 degrees). The specimen is held vertically and the test is performed. The entire test is similar to Charpy Test.

The pictures in the post are taken from Vhttp://www.soawe.com/time/?tag=What-is-a-charpy-test

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  5. The Izod Charpy Impact tester measure a material's impact hardness, distinguishing ductile from brittle materials. The Charpy test uses a horizontally held specimen struck by a pendulum, while the Izod test uses a vertically held specimen. Both tests involve measuring the angles before and after impact to calculate the energy absorbed during fracture.

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