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Result
(i) The tensile strength of woolen fibre decreases on soaking in
alkalies but practically remains unaffected on soaking in acids.
(ii) The tensile strength of cotton fibre decreases on soaking in acids
but remains practically unaffected on soaking in alkalies.
(iii) The tensile strength of nylon fibres remain practically unaffected
on soaking either in acids or in alkalies.
Precautions
Two vises apply tension to a specimen by pulling at it, stretching the specimen until it fails. The maximum
tensile strength (TS) is the maximum stress that a material can withstand
while being stretched or pulled before failing or breaking. Tensile strength is
distinct from compressive strength.
Some materials break sharply, without plastic deformation, in what is called
a brittle failure. Others, which are more ductile, including most metals,
experience some plastic deformation and possibly necking before fracture.
The UTS is usually found by performing a tensile test and recording
the engineering stress versus strain. The highest point of the stressstrain
curve (see point 1 on the engineering stress/strain diagrams below) is the
UTS. It is an intensive property; therefore its value does not depend on the
size of the test specimen. However, it is dependent on other factors, such
Testing[edit]
Typically, the testing involves taking a small sample with a fixed
cross-sectional area, and then pulling it with a tensometer at a
constant strain (change in gauge length divided by initial gauge
length) rate until the sample breaks.
When testing some metals, indentation hardness correlates
linearly with tensile strength. This important relation permits
economically important nondestructive testing of bulk metal
deliveries with lightweight, even portable equipment, such as
hand-held Rockwell hardness testers.[4] This practical correlation
helps quality assurance in metalworking industries to extend well
beyond the laboratory and universal testing machines.
It should be noted that, while most metal forms, such as sheet,
bar, tube, and wire, can exhibit the test UTS, fibers, such as
carbon fibers, being only 2/10,000th of an inch in diameter, must
be made into composites to create useful real-world forms. As the
datasheet on T1000G below indicates, while the UTS of the fiber
is very high at 6,370MPa, the UTS of a derived composite is
3,040MPa - less than half the strength of the fiber