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Designation: E 23 - 82
AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TESTING ANO MATERIALS
1916 Race St., Philadelphia, Pa. 19103
Reprinted from the Annual Book of ASTM Standards. Cc,pyright ASTM
1f not listed in the curt'ent combined inde>e, will appear in the next edition.
Standard Methods for
NOTCHED BAR IMPACT TESTING OF METALLIC
MATERIALS'
This �l�dard is i�ucd u�der the fixed d�${111ion E 2}; 1he numberi. mmed!atclyfol1,�irtg1hc desig.nalionindicatcHhc yea,
o r ont,1nal 2d<>pt1(>ll Or', u'l tht C3St (,( rc-vi$KHI, lhe year of Jasl revi.sion. A number 111 p11n:n1beses indkat-es the. )'Cat I.}( IJ1$I
rt.tpproval. A suptr$Crip,t epsilon (f) indicates an echtQrial cha.ngc since the last tC\'i$iQn or rcappro\·3J.
Tire.fr n:tth()dt harr bttn <Jppq••�dfo, 11u , by ot,eMle,1 ef tM Dtpo,tm�nt of lNjh11e to rtplou method 121. I of Federal Trsr
.Me1lrod StandardNo. JS/band/IN 1/uhtg In tht DoD Jndu of Spttif,WUHlsattd Swndards.
NO'rti-figures 2, 3. 4, S, <>. 7, 11. )2. IJ. 14. 15. and 16 wel"t tditC)riaUy coru:�ted. and tht dts.ignatie)n date w;t,,s changed
March 5. 1982.
I. Scope cases with high or low temperatures. For some
I.I These methods describe notched-bar im materials and temperatures. impact tes1s on
pact testing of metallic materials by the Charpy notched specimens have been found to predict
(simple-beam) apparatus and the lz.od (canti, the likelihood of brittle fracture better than
lever-beam) apparatus. They give: (a) a descrip tension tests or other tests used in material
tion of apparatus, (b) requirements for inspec. specifications. Further information on signifi
tion and calibration,(<) safety precamions, (d) cance appears in the Appendix.
sampling. (e) dimensioas and preparnlion of
4. Apparatus
specimens,(/) testing procedures, (g) precision
and accuracy, and (h) appended notes on the 4.1 General Requiremtrus:
significance of notched-bar impact testing. 4.1.1 The testing maebine shaU be a pendu
These methods will in most cases also apply to lum type of rigid construction and of capacity
tests on unnotched specimens. more than sufficient to break the specimen in
1.2 The values staled in SI uni1s are to be one blow.
regarded as the standard. 4.1.2 The machine frame shall be equipped
with a bubble level or a machined surface
2. Summary of Methods suitable for establishing levelness. The machine
2.1 The essential features of an impact test shall be level to within 3: 1000 and securely
are: (a) a suitable specimen (spewnens of sev bolted to a concrete floor not less than 150 mm
eral different types are recognized), (b) ·an anvil (6 in.) thick or, when thi.s is not practical, the
or support on which the test specimen i.s placed machine shall be bolted to a foundation having
to receive the blow of the moving mass, (c) a a mass not less than 40 times that of the peri;
moving mass of known kine.tic energy which dulum. The bolts shall be tightened as specifie<!
must be great enough to break the test spcc-imen by the machine manufacturer. .
placed in its path, and (d) a device for measur 4. l.3 The macbine shall be furnished with
ing the energy absorbed by the broken speci scales graduated either in degrees or directly iP
men. energy on which readings can be estimated iq
increments of 0.25 % of the energy range of
3. Significance less. The scales may be compensated for wind'
3.1 These me<hods of impact testing relate
spcdfically io the behavior ofmetal when sub 'Tbes.e mt1hods a.re under th< jurtsdklion of ASTM
jected to a single application of a load resulting Commincie £·28 on Mcc:hanic.tl Te$1Jng.
in rnultiaxial stresses associated with a notch, Cur«:�t. edition app roved March S. l?Sl. Published Jul y
1982. Orig.tnaUy published a$ E 23.33-r. La.st preVlOus edi�
coupled with high rates ofloading and in some ttOn E23-81. .
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