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Izod test

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Izod test [′ī‚zäd ‚test]
(metallurgy)
An impact test in which a falling pendulum strikes a fixed, usually notched specimen with 120 foot-pounds (163 joules) of energy at a velocity of 11.5 feet (3.5 meters) per second; the height of the pendulum swing after striking is a measure of the energy absorbed and thus indicates impact strength.


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Then as time passed a high impact Acrylic windshield was developed which passed a plastic test called the IZOD test, where the standard acrylic broke at 1.
As the whitened area of the Izod test piece, the proportion (%) of the area of a whitened portion to the total broken area (fixed) of the test piece is obtained.
There is also a specimen support--a vise for the Izod test and an anvil for the Charpy test.
 
 
 
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