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Re: Destructive Air Tank Testing

Thank you for the correction Paul, it's sometimes very easy to thinking of one's own purview as 'everything' when that is often not the case. I know I've fallen victim to that mentality before.

Here is a MatWeb page with the range of various material properties for PP. Note the tremendous range for some properties.

What would be a good metric to determine a plastic's ductility by? I would assume elongation at break.

In any event it is variations like the aforementioned that would make it meaningful to test other types of tanks, like the Pneuaire or black Clippard tanks. If anyone has spares lying around we would love to test them! I will cover (reasonable) shipping costs.
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