Norma ASTM E8

Designation: E8/E8M – 09 American Association State Highway and Transportation Officials Standard AASHTO No. : T68 An American National Standard Standard Test Methods for Tension Testing of Metallic Materials1 This standard is issued under the fixed... More

Designation: E8/E8M – 09
American Association State
Highway and Transportation Officials Standard
AASHTO No.
: T68
An American National Standard
Standard Test Methods for
Tension Testing of Metallic Materials1
This standard is issued under the fixed designation E8/E8M; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision.
A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.
A
superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.

This standard has been approved for use by agencies of the Department of Defense.

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Scope*
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1 These test methods cover the tension testing of metallic
materials in any form at room temperature, specifically, the
methods of determination of yield strength, yield point elongation, tensile strength, elongation, and reduction of area.

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2 The gage lengths for most round specimens are required
to be 4D for E8 and 5D for Less