1、Designation:D4226191An American National StandardStandard Test Methods forImpact Resistance of Rigid Poly(Vinyl Chloride)(PVC)Building Products1This standard is issued under the fixed designation D4226;the number immediately following the designation indicates the year oforiginal adoption or,in the
2、case of revision,the year of last revision.A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.Asuperscript epsilon()indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.1NOTEEq 4 was editorially corrected in August 2020.1.Scope*1.1 These test methods cover the determination
3、 of theenergy required to crack or break rigid poly(vinyl chloride)(PVC)plastic sheeting and profile flat sections used in buildingproducts,as well as extruded or molded test samples,underspecified conditions of impact from a freefalling standardweight striking an impactor with either of two configu
4、rations incontact with the specimen.1.2 Two test procedures are included:1.2.1 Procedure A,used to determine minimum impactenergy required to cause failure(hole,crack,split,shatter,ortear).1.2.2 Procedure B,used to determine minimum impactenergy required to cause brittle failure.1.3 The values state
5、d in inch-pound units are to be regardedas standard.The values given in parentheses are mathematicalconversions to SI units that are provided for information onlyand are not considered standard.NOTE1There is no known ISO equivalent to this standard.1.4 The text of this standard references notes and
6、footnoteswhich provide explanatory material.These notes and footnotes(excluding,those in tables in figures)shall not be considered asrequirements of this standard.1.5 This standard does not purport to address all of thesafety concerns,if any,associated with its use.It is theresponsibility of the use
7、r of this standard to establish appro-priate safety,health,and environmental practices and deter-mine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.Specific precautionary statements are given in Section 8.1.6 This international standard was developed in accor-dance with internationally re
8、cognized principles on standard-ization established in the Decision on Principles for theDevelopment of International Standards,Guides and Recom-mendations issued by the World Trade Organization TechnicalBarriers to Trade(TBT)Committee.2.Referenced Documents2.1 ASTM Standards:2D618 Practice for Cond
9、itioning Plastics for TestingD883 Terminology Relating to PlasticsD5947 Test Methods for Physical Dimensions of SolidPlastics SpecimensE178 Practice for Dealing With Outlying ObservationsE456 Terminology Relating to Quality and StatisticsE691 Practice for Conducting an Interlaboratory Study toDeterm
10、ine the Precision of a Test MethodE2935 Practice for Conducting Equivalence Tests for Com-paring Testing Processes3.Terminology3.1 DefinitionsDefinitions are in accordance with Termi-nology D883,unless otherwise specified.For terms relating toprecision and bias and associated issues,the terms used i
11、n thisstandard are defined in accordance with E456.3.2 Definitions of Terms Specific to This Standard:3.2.1 failure(of test specimen,as related to impactresistance)signified by the presence of a punched hole,crack,split,shatter,or tear that was created in the target area bythe impact of the falling
12、weight(see Fig.1).3.2.2 ductile failure(ductile break,as related to impactresistance)a tear or split having an angle greater than 0 atthe tip and extending through the entire thickness of thespecimen such that light is directly visible through the tear orsplit(see Fig.1).3.2.3 brittle failure(brittl
13、e break,as related to impactresistance)a punched hole,split,or shatter where a piece ofthe specimen separates from the main part of the specimen ora crack that has a 0 angle at the tip as viewed by the naked eye(see Fig.1).1These test methods are under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D20 onPlasti
14、cs and are the direct responsibility of Subcommittee D20.24 on PlasticBuilding Products.Current edition approved Nov.1,2019.Published December 2019.Originallyapproved in 1983.Last previous edition approved in 2016 as D4226-16.DOI:10.1520/D4226-19E01.2For referenced ASTM standards,visit the ASTM webs
15、ite,www.astm.org,orcontact ASTM Customer Service at serviceastm.org.For Annual Book of ASTMStandards volume information,refer to the standards Document Summary page onthe ASTM website.*A Summary of Changes section appears at the end of this standardCopyright ASTM International,100 Barr Harbor Drive,
16、PO Box C700,West Conshohocken,PA 19428-2959.United StatesThis international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for theDevelopment of International Standards,Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade(TBT)Committee.3.2.4 mean failure height(Procedure A)the height fromwhich the falling weight will cause 50%of the specimens tofail.3.2.5 mean fa
