The recent discovery by Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo of a gravitational
wave signal from a binary neutron star inspiral has enabled tests of general
relativity (GR) with this new type of source. This source, for the first time,
permits tests of strong-field dynamics of compact binaries in presence of
matter. In this paper, we place constraints on the dipole radiation and
possible deviations from GR in the post-Newtonian coefficients that govern the
inspiral regime. Bounds on modified dispersion of gravitational waves are
obtained; in combination with information from the observed electromagnetic
counterpart we can also constrain effects due to large extra dimensions.
Finally, the polarization content of the gravitational wave signal is studied.
The results of all tests performed here show good agreement with GR.
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