Materials Science Testing Methods

Basics

• Any methods of testing various materials' properties
• These will be mainly used for:
  • Testing greases, lubricants, and oils etc
  • Testing 3D Printed Filaments, and Parts
  • Testing Metals and Alloys
  • Testing Glass
  • Verifying Extracted Chemicals
  • Checking weld integrity

Liquids/Slurrys

• Mainly flow and viscosity tests
• For low viscosity liquids, inline flow meters can be used
• For viscous liquids and slurrys, an inclined plane and a timer, or a funnel and a timer can be used (A camera and frame by frame and/or computer analysis can increase accuracy)
• Adhesion and Cohesion can be tested with two plates with the viscous fluid in between, they are drawn apart by a UTM in a similar manner to a Tensile Strength Test
• Boil Test
• Burn Test + Heat Damage Resistance Test if applicable
• Freeze Test
• Melt Test

Solids

• Compressivs Strength Test
• Tensile Strength Test
• Shear Strength Test
• Melt Test (if applicable)
• Burn Test (if applicable)
• Heat Damage Resistance Test (if applicable)

See Also

• UTM
• Open Source Materials Science Lab