Materials - Testing procedures

Here you find the most important standard test procedures for the mechanical testing of (bio-)materials for implants (e.g. bone cements) and other specific applications:

Coatings:

• ISO 13779-4: Coating adhesion strength
• ASTM F1147: Tension testing of coatings
• ASTM F1044: Shear testing of coatings
• ASTM F1160: Bending and shear testing of coatings
• ASTM F1854: Stereological evaluation of coatings

Acrylic bone cement:

• ASTM F2118: Constant amplitude of force controlled fatigue testing of acrylic bone cement materials
• ISO 16402: Flexural fatigue testing of acrylic resin cements

Metallic materials:

• ASTM E466: Force controlled constant amplitude axial fatigue tests of metallic materials

Plastic materials:

• ASTM F2977: Small punch testing of polymeric biomaterials
• ASTM D732: Shear strength of plastics by punch tool
• ASTM F2102: Evaluating the extent of oxidation in polyethylene (oxidation index, OI)
• ASTM D638: Tensile properties of unreinforced and reinforced plastics
• ASTM D790: Flexural properties of unreinforced and reinforced plastics
• ASTM D256: Izod pendulum Impact resistance of plastics
• ASTM F6110: Charpy Impact Resistance of Notched Specimens of Plastics

Ceramics:

• ISO 13356: requirements and corresponding test methods for a biocompatible and biostable ceramic bone-substitute material based on yttria-stabilized tetragonal zirconia