1.1 This part of MS 1151 specifies a method of determining the force required to propagate a tear through a specified distance and from a specified slit, cut in a test specimen of thin flexible plastic sheeting or film, under specified conditions of loading.
The upper limit of thickness that can be tested depends on the tearing force of the material in relation to the capacity of the testing machine.
Materials that can be tested according to this method include flexible polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and polyolefin films, but variable elongation and oblique tearing effects on the more extensible films may be suitable for testing more rigid materials such as rigid PVC, nylon and polyester films.
1.2 The tear resistance test specified by this method is applied to specimens cut from semifinished and finished products. The test is suitable for the control of production and manufactured products as well as for acceptance or rejection te~tingunder specifications for semi-finished and finished p