Patent ID: 8084267

Claim:
Laboratory degradation test system for testing degradation of a test specimen in a test fluid flow, the test system comprising: a reactor assembly, which reactor assembly comprises: a reactor vessel, the reactor vessel having a reaction space, an inlet and an outlet and a specimen holder for containing a test specimen in the reaction space, a heater for heating the reactor vessel, a fluid circulation system for generating a test fluid flow through the reactor vessel, to which flow the test specimen is exposed, which fluid circulation system comprises: a circulation line which extends between the outlet of the reactor vessel and the inlet of the reactor vessel, which circulation line is arranged outside the reactor vessel, a pump for providing fluid circulation through the circulation line and the reactor vessel, which pump is arranged in the circulation line, and a test specimen, wherein the volume available to the test fluid inside the reaction space after insertion of the degradation test specimen is less than or equal to 10 ml.