Martindale Abrasion Tester is a widely used instrument in the textile and furniture industries to evaluate various materials’ quality parameters. This article aims to provide a comprehensive review of Martindale Abrasion Tester test results, highlighting their significance, interpretation, and factors that can influence the outcome of the tests. Introduction The Martindale Abrasion Tester is an … Read more
Different types of test standards are followed to measure the physical, chemical and mechanical properties of textile materials such as fibres, yarns, fabrics, as well as the cloths. The fibres being tested may be natural or man-made fibres. In addition, fabrics can be produced by various fabric production techniques like knitting, weaving, non-weaving. Textile testing … Read more
Principles of Tensile Testing: There are three ways to carry out the tensile test: 1. Constant rate of extension (CRE): The rate of elongation of the test specimen is kept constant and the load is applied accordingly. 2. Constant rate of loading (CRL): Here, the rate of increase of the load is kept uniform with … Read more
Elastic and plastic behaviour during tensile loading: when the material is subjected to the tensile force, initially material shows some elastic behaviour where it goes back to the original position upon removal of the force. The successive loading causes the plastic deformation where material cannot revert to the exact original position. And further loading finally … Read more
Working Principles: A transmission electron microscope fires a beam of electrons through a specimen to produce a magnified image of an object. TEM working flows. A high-voltage electricity supply powers the cathode. The cathode is a heated filament, a bit like the electron gun in an old-fashioned cathode-ray tube (CRT) TV. It generates a beam … Read more