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Plastics - Determination of dynamic mechanical properties - Part 1: General principles
(ISO 6721-1:2001)
Kunststoffe - Bestimmung dynamisch-mechanischer Eigenschaften - Teil 1: Allgemeine
Grundlagen (ISO 6721-1:2001)
Plastiques - Détermination des propriétés mécaniques dynamiques - Partie 1: Principes
généraux (ISO 6721-1:2001)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN ISO 6721-1:2002
ICS:
83.080.01 Polimerni materiali na Plastics in general
splošno
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN ISO 6721-1
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
September 2002
ICS 83.080.01 Supersedes EN ISO 6721-1:1996
English version
Plastics - Determination of dynamic mechanical properties - Part
1: General principles (ISO 6721-1:2001)
Plastiques - Détermination des propriétés mécaniques Kunststoffe - Bestimmung dynamisch-mechanischer
dynamiques - Partie 1: Principes généraux (ISO 6721- Eigenschaften - Teil 1: Allgemeine Grundlagen (ISO 6721-
1:2001) 1:2001)
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Foreword
The text of ISO 6721-1:2001 has been prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 61 "Plastics"
of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and has been taken over as
held by IBN.
This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of
an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by March 2003, and conflicting national
standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by March 2003.
This document supersedes EN ISO 6721-1:1996.
According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of
the following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Czech
Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg,
Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard ISO 6721-1:2001 has been approved by CEN as a
European Standard without any modifications.
NOTE Normative references to International Standards are listed in annex ZA (normative).
Annex ZA
(normative)
Normative references to international publications
with their relevant European publications
This European Standard incorporates by dated or undated reference, provisions from other
publications. These normative references are cited at the appropriate places in the text and the
publications are listed hereafter. For dated references, subsequent amendments to or revisions of
any of these publications apply to this European Standard only when incorporated in it by
amendment or revision. For undated references the latest edition of the publication referred to
applies (including amendments).
NOTE Where an International Publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod.),
the relevant EN/HD applies.
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year
ISO 291 1997 Plastics - Standard atmospheres for EN ISO 291 1997
conditioning and testing
ISO 294-1 1996 Plastics - Injection moulding of test EN ISO 294-1 1998
specimens of thermoplastic materials -
Part 1: General principles, and moulding
of multipurpose and bar test specimens
ISO 294-2 1996 Plastics - Injection moulding of test EN ISO 294-2 1998
specimens of thermoplastic materials -
Part 2: Small tensile bars
ISO 294-3 1996 Plastics - Injection moulding of test EN ISO 294-3 1998
specimens of thermoplastic materials -
Part 3: Small plates
ISO 294-4 1996 Plastics - Injection moulding of test EN ISO 294-4 1998
specimens of thermoplastic materials -
Part 4: Determination of moulding
shrinkage
ISO 295 1991 Plastics - Compression moulding of test EN ISO 295 1998
specimens of thermosetting materials
ISO 2818 1994 Plastics - Preparation of test specimens EN ISO 2818 1996
by machining
ISO 6721-2 1994 Plastics - Determination of dynamic EN ISO 6721-2 1996
mechanical properties - Part 2: Torsion-
pendulum method
ISO 6721-3 1994 Plastics - Determination of dynamic EN ISO 6721-3 1996
mechanical properties - Part 3: Flexural
vibration - Resonance-curve method
INTERNATIONAL ISO
STANDARD 6721-1
Second edition
2001-05-15
Plastics — Determination of dynamic
mechanical properties —
Part 1:
General principles
Plastiques — Détermination des propriétés mécaniques dynamiques —
Partie 1: Principes généraux
Reference number
ISO 6721-1:2001(E)
ISO 6721-1:2001(E)
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Foreword
ISO (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies (ISO
member bodies). The work of preparing International Standards is normally carried out through ISO technical
committees. Each member body interested in a subject for which a technical committee has been established has
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Draft International Standards adopted by the technical committees are circulated to the member bodies for voting.
Publication as an International Standard requires approval by at least 75 % of the member bodies casting a vote.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this part of ISO 6721 may be the subject of patent
rights. ISO shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
International Standard ISO 6721-1 was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 61, Plastics, Subcommittee SC 2,
Mechanical properties.
This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition (ISO 6721-1:1994), of which it constitutes a minor revision
(two further references have been added to the bibliography).
ISO 6721 consists of the following parts, under the general title Plastics — Determination of dynamic mechanical
properties:
— Part 1: General principles
— Part 2: Torsion-pendulum method
— Part 3: Flexural vibration — Resonance-curve method
— Part 4: Tensile vibration — Non-resonance method
— Part 5: Flexural vibration — Non-resonance method
— Part 6: Shear vibration — Non-resonance method
— Part 7: Torsional vibration — Non-resonance method
— Part 8: Longitudinal and shear vibration — Wave-propagation method
— Part 9: Tensile vibration — Sonic-pulse propagation method
— Part 10: Complex shear viscosity using a parallel-plate oscillatory rheometer
Additional parts are planned.
Annexes A and B of this part of ISO 6721 are for information only.
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Introduction
The methods specified in the first nine parts of ISO 6721 can be used for determining storage and loss moduli of
plastics over a range of temperatures or frequencies by varying the temperature of the specimen or the frequency of
oscillation. Plots of the storage or loss moduli, or both, are indicative of viscoelastic characteristics of the specimen.
Regions of rapid changes in viscoelastic properties at particular temperatures or frequencies are normally referred to
as transition regions. Furthermore, from the temperature and frequency dependencies of the loss moduli, the
damping of sound and vibration of polymer or metal-polymer systems can be estimated.
Apparent discrepancies may arise in results obtained under different experimental conditions. Without changing the
observed data, reporting in full (as described in the various parts of ISO 6721) the conditions under which the data
were obtained will enable apparent differences observed in different studies to be reconciled.
The definitions of complex moduli apply exactly only to sinusoidal oscillations with constant amplitude and constant
frequency during each measurement. On the other hand, measurements of small phase angles between stress and
strain involve some difficulties under these conditions. Because these difficulties are not involved in some methods
based on freely decaying vibrations and/or varying frequency near resonance, these methods are used frequently
(see ISO 6721-2 and ISO 6721-3). In these cases, some of the equations that define the viscoelastic properties are
only approximately valid.
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Plastics — Determination of dynamic mechanical properties —
Part 1:
General principles
1 Scope
The various parts of ISO 6721 specify methods for the determination of the dynamic mechanical properties of rigid
plastics within the region of linear viscoelastic behaviour. This part of ISO 6721 is an introductory section which
includes the definitions and all aspects that are common to the individual test methods described in the subsequent
parts.
Different deformation modes may produce results that are not directly comparable. For example, tensile vibration
results in a stress which is uniform across the whole thickness of the specimen, whereas flexural measurements are
influenced preferentially by the properties of the surface regions of the specimen.
Values derived from flexural-test data will be comparable to those derived from tensile-test data only at strain levels
where the stress-strain relationship is linear and for specimens which have a homogeneous structure.
2 Normative references
The following normative documents contain provisions which, through reference in this text, constitute provisions of
this part of ISO 6721. For dated references, subsequent amendments to, or revisions of, any of these publications do
not apply. However, parties to agreements based on this part of ISO 6721 are encouraged to investigate the
possibility of applying the most recent editions of the normative documents indicated below. For undated references,
the latest edition of the normative document referred to applies. Members of ISO and IEC maintain registers of
currently valid International Standards.
ISO 291:1997, Plastics — Standard atmospheres for conditioning and testing.
ISO 293:1986, Plastics — Compression moulding test specimens of thermoplastic materials.
ISO 294 (all parts), Plastics — Injection moulding of test specimens of thermoplastic materials.
ISO 295:1991, Plastics — Compression moulding of test specimens of thermosetting materials.
Plastics — Methods of producting test plates.
ISO 1268 (all parts),
ISO 2818:1994, Plastics — Preparation of test specimens by machining.
ISO 4593:1993, Plastics — Film and sheeting — Determination of thickness by mechanical scanning.
ISO 6721-2:1994, Plastics — Determination of dynamic mechanical properties — Part 2: Torsion-pendulum method.
ISO 6721-3:1994, Plastics — Determination of dynamic mechanical properties — Part 3: Flexural vibration —
Resonance-curve method.
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3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this part of ISO 6721, the following terms and definitions apply.
NOTE Most of the terms defined here are also defined in ISO 472:1999, Plastics — Vocabulary. The definitions given here are
not strictly identical with, but are equivalent to, those in ISO 472:1999.
3.1
complex modulus
�
M
the ratio of dynamic stress, given by  (t)= exp (i2ft), and dynamic strain, given by
A
" (t)=" exp [i (2ft−)], of a viscoelastic material that is subjected to a sinusoidal vibration, where and"
A A A
are the amplitudes of the stress and strain cycles,fis the frequency, is the phase angle between stress and strain
(see 3.5 and Figure 1) andt is time
It is expressed in Pascals (Pa).
� � � �
Depending on the mode of deformation, the complex modulus may be one of several types:E ,G ,K orL (see
Table 3).
� 0 00
M =M + iM (see 3.2 and 3.3) (1)
where
p
1=2
i =(−1) = −1
For the relationships between the different types of complex modulus, see Table 1.
� � � � � �
NOTE 1 For isotropic viscoelastic materials, only two of the elastic parametersG ,E ,K ,L and are independent ( is
� 0 00
the complex Poisson’s ratio, given by = + ).
NOTE 2 The most critical term containing Poisson’s ratio is the “volume term” 1− 2, which has values between 0 and 0,4 for
 between 0,5 and 0,3. The relationships in Table 1 containing the “volume term” 1− 2 can only be used if this term is known
with sufficient accuracy.
It canbeseenfromTable1thatthe volumetricterm 1− 2 canonlybeestimated with anyconfidencefromaknowledgeofthe
bulk modulusKLor the uniaxial-strain modulus and eitherE orG. This is becauseK andL measurements involve
deformations when the volumetric strain component is relatively large.
K
NOTE 3 Up to now, no measurement of the dynamic mechanical bulk modulus , and only a small number of results relating to
relaxation experiments measuringK (t), have been described in the literature.
NOTE 4 The uniaxial-strain modulusL is based upon a load with a high hydrostatic-stress component. Therefore values ofL
compensate for the lack ofK values, and the “volume term” 1− 2 can be estimated with sufficient accuracy based upon the
modulus pairs (GL, ) and (E,L). The pair (GL, ) is preferred, becauseG is based upon loads without a hydrostatic component.
NOTE 5 The relationships given in Table 1 are valid for the complex moduli as well as their magnitudes (see 3.4).
NOTE 6 Most of the relationships for calculating the moduli given in the other parts of this International Standard are, to some
extent, approximate. They do not take into account e.g. “end effects” caused by clamping the specimens, and they include other
simplifications. Using the relationships given in Table 1 therefore often requires additional corrections to be made. These are given
in the literature (see e.g. references [1] and [2] in the Bibliography).
� �
NOTE 7 For linear-viscoelastic behaviour, the complex complianceC is the reciprocal of the complex modulusM , i.e.
−1
� �
M =(C ) (2)
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Thus
0 00
C − iC
0 00
M + iM = (3)
2 2
0 00
(C ) +(C )
a) b)
The phase shift =2f between the stress  and strain " in a viscoelastic The relationship between the storage modu-
0 00
material subjected to sinusoidal oscillation ( and" are the respective ampli- lus M , the loss modulus M , the phase
A A
tudes,f is the frequency). angle and the magnitudejMj of the com-
�
plex modulusM .
Figure 1 — Phase angle and complex modulus
Table 1 — Relationships between moduli for uniformly isotropic materials
a
Gand Eand K and GEand GKand EKand
GLand
Poisson’s ratio,
G=K 1
E E
3−
b
L=G− 1
G 1 +G=3K 3K
1− 2 =
3K (1− 2)
E E
Shear modulus,G =
2 (1 +) 3−E=3K
2 (1 +)
3G (1− 4G=3L)
3G
Tensile modulus,E = 2G (1 +) 3K (1− 2)
1 +G=3K 1−G=L
2G (1 +)
E G
c
4G
K = L−
Bulk modulus,
3 (1− 2) 3
3 (1− 2) 3 (3G=E− 1)
Unaxial-strain or
E (1−) G (4G=E− 1) K (1 +E=3K)
2G (1−) 3K (1−)
4G
longitudinal-wave
K +
1− 2 1 + 3
(1 +)(1− 2) 3G=E− 1 1−E=9K
modulus,L =
a
See note 4 to definition 3.1.
b
See note 2 to definition 3.1.
c
See note 3 to definition 3.1.
3.2
storage modulus
M
�
the real part of the complex modulusM [see Figure 1 b)]
The storage modulus is expressed in pascals (Pa).
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It is proportional to the maximum energy stored during a loading cycle and represents the stiffness of a viscoelastic
material.
The different types of storage modulus, corresponding to different modes of deformation, are: E tensile storage
t
0 0 0 0
modulus,E flexural storage modulus,G shear storage modulus,G torsional storage modulus,K bulk storage
f s to
0 0
modulus,L uniaxial-strain andL longitudinal-wave storage modulus.
c w
3.3
loss modulus
M
the imaginary part of the complex modulus [see Figure 1 b)]
The loss modulus is expressed in pascals (Pa).
It is proportional to the energy dissipated (lost) during one loading cycle. As with the storage modulus (see 3.2), the
mode of deformation is designated as in Table 3, e.g.E is the tensile loss modulus.
t
3.4
magnitudejMj of the complex modulus
the root mean square value of the storage and the loss moduli as given by the equation
2 2
2 0 00
jMj =(M ) +(M ) =( =" ) (4)
A A
where and" are the amplitudes of the stress and the strain cycles, respectively.
A A
The complex modulus is expressed in pascals (Pa).
0 00
The relationship between the storage modulusM , the loss modulusM , the phase angle, and the magnitude
jMj of the complex modulus is shown in Figure 1 b). As with the storage modulus, the mode of deformation is
designated as in Table 3, e.g.jEj is the magnitude of the tensile complex modulus.
t
3.5
phase angle

the phase difference between the dynamic stress and the dynamic strain in a viscoelastic material subjected to a
sinusoidal oscillation (see Figure 1)
The phase angle is expressed in radians (rad).
As with the storage modulus (see 3.2), the mode of deformation is designated as in Table 3, e.g. is the tensile
t
phase angle.
3.6
loss factor (tan)
the ratio between the loss modulus and the storage modulus, given by the equation
00 0
tan =M =M (5)
where is the phase angle (see 3.5) between the stress and the strain
The loss factor is expressed as a dimensionless number.
The loss factor tan is commonly used as a measure of the damping in a viscoelastic system. As with the storage
modulus (see 3.2), the mode of deformation is designated as in Table 3, e.g. tan is the tensile loss factor.
t
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3.7
stress-strain hysteresis loop
the stress expressed as a function of the strain in a viscoelastic material subject to sinusoidal vibrations
NOTE Provided the viscoelasticity is linear in nature, this curve is an ellipse (see Figure 2).
Figure 2 — Dynamic stress-strain hysteresis loop for a linear-viscoelastic material subject to
sinusoidal tensile vibrations
3.8
damped vibration
the time-dependent deformation or deformation rate X (t) of a viscoelastic system undergoing freely decaying
vibrations (see Figure 3), given by the equation
X (t)=X exp (−t)� sin 2f t (6)
0 d
where
X is the magnitude, at zero time, of the envelope of the cycle amplitudes;
f is the frequency of the damped system;
d
is the decay constant (see 3.9).
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[XXis the time-dependent deformation or deformation rate, is the amplitude of theqth cycle andX and define the enve-
q 0
lope of the exponential decay of the cycle amplitudes — see equation (6).]
Figure 3 — Damped-vibration curve for a viscoelastic system undergoing freely decaying vibrations
3.9
decay constant
the coefficient that determines the time-de
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