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MATERIALS TESTING PRIMER
SELECT TEST METHODS
FOR MATERIALS TESTING
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or engineers and scientists who need to know if a certain testing technique or ana-
lytical methodmight be capable of providing answers to their materials properties
questions, this special section describes two important techniques in simplified
terms and emphasizes themost common applications and limitations of eachmethod.
Articles include a summary of general uses, applications, types of samples for
testing, limitations of the method, typical time required for analysis, and
capabilities of related techniques. The summary is designed to provide
readers with a quick overview of the technique and to
help them decide whether the technique might be
applicable to their problem.
Techniques included in this section are:
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Tensile Testing
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Fatigue Testing
Contact the sponsors of these pages if you are looking for testing equipment/
instruments or more information about testing capabilities. To find more informa-
tion about testing primers and materials information, go to
asminternational.org/ materials-resources/online-databases.A D V A N C E D
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