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Test Method for Evaluating the Relative Stress Crack Resistance of Poly (ethylene terephthalate) Carbonated Soft Drink Bottles

PTC-00006
Last updated: 
March 2007

This is a relative test and should be used a comparison tool, not a quality control test. The theory being the longer the bottles remain intact in a caustic solution, the less likely a stress crack failure will happen in the field.

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