This un-nicked specimen, with a right-angle shape, is used to measure the force required to initiate a tear at a point of high stress concentration. The test data is essential for assessing a material's resistance to tear initiation, which is a critical property for products where durability and safety are paramount, such as tires, medical gloves, and seals.

This specimen, with a razor-nicked tab end, is used to quantify the resistance of a rubber material to the growth of a tear. It helps evaluate the material's toughness and durability under conditions that might initiate tearing, making it useful for quality control and material selection in industries like footwear, industrial equipment, and automotive manufacturing.

This specimen is used to measure how much stress a rubber material can withstand before breaking, how much it can stretch before failure, and its overall stiffness. The data obtained is critical for assessing material quality, comparing different compounds, and ensuring product reliability and durability in applications such as automotive parts, gaskets, and medical devices.

This specimen is used to obtain reproducible measurements of a material's strength, stiffness, and elasticity under tension. It is the preferred specimen for rigid plastics up to about 7 mm thick and allows for direct comparison of tensile data between different materials and laboratories.

This specimen is recommended when a material does not break in the narrow section using a Type 1 specimen. Its significantly reduced width in the parallel section ensures that the specimen will properly fail in the intended area.

This specimen is specifically designed for testing non-rigid plastics and thin sheeting with a thickness of 4 mm or less. It is also used to measure the cross-flow properties of materials.

This is the preferred specimen geometry for ISO tensile tests on rigid and semi-rigid plastics. It is used to measure tensile strength, tensile modulus, and elongation, which are critical metrics for engineers to understand a material's performance under pulling forces.

This specimen is an alternative to the Type 1A and is commonly used when specimens are machined from sheets. It is used to determine the tensile properties of rigid and semi-rigid plastics, and features a different gauge length due to its larger radius and shorter parallel area.