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ASTM C648 – Standard Test Method for Breaking Strength of Ceramic Tile Description: Significance and Use 5.1 The test method provides means for establishing whether or not a lot of ceramic tile meets the strength requirements which may appear in tile specifications. Tile strength is the force in pounds-force (or newtons), as read from the pressure …
ASTM C642 – Standard Test Method for Density, Absorption, and Voids in Hardened Concrete Description: Significance and Use 4.1 This test method is useful in developing the data required for conversions between mass and volume for concrete. It can be used to determine conformance with specifications for concrete and to show differences from place to place …
ASTM C641 – Standard Test Method for Iron Staining Materials in Lightweight Concrete Aggregates Description: Significance and Use 4.1 This test method evaluates the potential degree of staining attributable to the presence of iron compounds in a lightweight aggregate sample primarily by means of a visual classification method. Such compounds may or may not produce stains …
ASTM C633 – Standard Test Method for Adhesion or Cohesion Strength of Thermal Spray Coatings Description: Significance and Use 3.1 This test method is recommended for quality control, acceptance testing; or it may help to develop or qualify a thermal spray operator’s equipment and procedure or to aid in developing thermal spray coatings with improved adhesion …
ASTM C627 – Standard Test Method for Evaluating Ceramic Floor Tile Installation Systems Using the Robinson-Type Floor Tester Description: Significance and Use 4.1 This test method provides a standardized procedure for evaluating performance of ceramic floor tile installations under conditions similar to actual specific usages. It can be used to make comparisons between customary basic installation …
ASTM C623 – Standard Test Method for Young’s Modulus, Shear Modulus, and Poisson’s Ratio for Glass and Glass-Ceramics by Resonance Description: Significance and Use 4.1 This test system has advantages in certain respects over the use of static loading systems in the measurement of glass and glass-ceramics: 4.1.1 Only minute stresses are applied to the specimen, thus …
ASTM C621 – Standard Test Method for Isothermal Corrosion Resistance of Refractories to Molten Glass Description: Significance and Use 3.1 This test method provides a rapid, inexpensive method for comparing the corrosion resistance of refractories. The isothermal conditions of this test method represent the most severe static corrosion environment possible at the specified test temperature. This …
ASTM C617 – Standard Practice for Capping Cylindrical Concrete Specimens Description: Significance and Use 3.1 This practice describes procedures for providing plane surfaces on the ends of freshly molded concrete cylinders, hardened cylinders, or drilled concrete cores when the end surfaces do not conform with the planeness and perpendicularity requirements of applicable standards. Practice C1231/C1231M describes alternative procedures …
ASTM C612 – Standard Specification for Mineral Fiber Block and Board Thermal Insulation Description: Abstract This specification covers mineral fiber block and board thermal insulation. Mineral fiber board insulation covered by this specification shall be classified into types and categories; category 1 – no compressive resistance properties are required, category 2 – minimum compressive resistance …
ASTM C605 – Standard Test Method for Reheat Change of Refractory Brick Description: Significance and Use 3.1 Refractory brick and shapes of different compositions exhibit unique permanent linear changes after heating or reheating. This test method provides a standard procedure for heating various classes of refractories with appropriate heating schedules. 3.2 Linear reheat changes obtained by this …
