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Impact Resistance

Energy absorbed by a material or product before fracture under impact loading, in joules.

Scope Note: ISO 179 (Charpy impact, plastics); ISO 148 (Charpy impact, metals); IEC 62262 (IK rating, equipment enclosures).

Allowed Unit, Aggregation Method, Improvement Direction

untp:allowedUnit JOU
untp:aggregationMethod minimum
untp:improvementDirection higher