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Title: What types of testing occur within a materials testing laboratory?

Author for citation: Shawn E. Douglas

License for content: [* https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International]

Publication date: November 2023

Materials testing: The basics

Materials science and its associated tests are largely considered a part of the applied science branch of sciences, as the study and testing of the properties of materials are put to use in the manufacture and construction of a wide variety of items. Testing methodologies can be divided into physical, mechanical, chemical, and biological property testing, with each test falling under the category of destructive or non-destructive. Testing of a material may involve one or more of these methodologies, and occasionally all of them may be used as part of a comprehensive analytical approach towards a material.[1][2]

Material testing may happen under the umbrella of materials discovery and research, or materials quality/suitability testing. In the case of the former, computational methods may initially be used to search through existing materials databases, as well as virtually develop new material models for potential real-life development, before any actual real-world materials testing begins. In the case of the latter, the material is already discovered or created, and materials testing occurs to verify that its properties are suitable or of sufficient quality for their intended purpose. Technological systems such as laboratory information management systems may be used in both cases to better manage the associated data and information coming from their materials science activities.

Materials testing types

Physical

Optical and Thermal

Fire and flammability (Destructive)

Acoustical

Mechanical


Chemical

Spectroscopy Wet chemistry


Biological

Biological (raw materials)

Conclusion

References

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