This chamber is intended for conditioning Charpy impact specimens for standard low-temperature testing workflows, including ISO 148 and ASTM E23. In general, the chamber’s temperature conditioning is not notch-specific, so it can be used for standard Charpy specimen formats as long as your specimens physically fit the chamber’s specimen holding arrangement and can be conditioned uniformly.

In practice, the supported Charpy specimen geometry is driven by how you plan to stage the samples for consistent temperature soak prior to transfer to the impact frame. That is what keeps your brittle-to-ductile transition and lot-to-lot comparisons meaningful.

To confirm the best fit for your lab, the key factors are typically:

• Specimen size format (full-size vs sub-size programs)
• Notch type used for the method (V, U, or unnotched Charpy programs)
• Specimen quantity and the holder or basket configuration used for uniform conditioning

If you want to confirm the right configuration for your specific Charpy specimen geometry and conditioning routine, please learn more and request a quote.