BS ISO 6892-4:2015 ✓ Most Recent

BS ISO 6892-4:2015 specifies the method of tensile testing of metallic materials in liquid helium (the boiling point is -269 °C or 4,2 K, designated as 4 K) and defines the mechanical properties that can be determined.

This part of ISO 6892 may apply also to tensile testing at cryogenic temperatures (less than -196 °C or 77 K), which requires special apparatus, smaller test pieces, and concern for serrated yielding, adiabatic heating, and strain-rate effects.

To conduct a tensile test according to this part of ISO 6892 at 4 K, the test piece installed in a cryostat is fully submerged in liquid helium (He) and tested using displacement control at a nominal strain rate of 10-3 s-1 or less.

NOTE The boiling point of the rare 3He isotope is 3,2 K. Usually, the tests are performed in 4He or a mixture of 3He and 4He with a high concentration of 4He. Therefore, the temperature is, as designated before, 4 K.


Cross References:
ISO 6892-1
ISO 6892-3
ISO 7500-1
ISO 9513
ASTM E 1450
JIS Z 2277


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