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ASTM C1445 – Standard Test Method for Measuring Consistency of Castable Refractory Using a Flow Table Description: Significance and Use 3.1 The amount of water used in a castable mix for preparing test specimens has a significant influence on subsequent test results. This test method is used primarily to determine and reproduce the consistency required for …
ASTM C1442 – Standard Practice for Conducting Tests on Sealants Using Artificial Weathering Apparatus Description: Significance and Use 5.1 This practice determines the effects of actinic radiation, elevated temperature, and moisture on sealants and their constituents under controlled laboratory artificial weather test conditions. 5.2 When conducting exposures in devices which use laboratory light sources, it is important …
ASTM C144 – Standard Specification for Aggregate for Masonry Mortar Description: Abstract This specification covers aggregate for use in masonry mortar. Aggregate for use in masonry mortar shall consist of natural sand or manufactured sand. Manufactured sand is the product obtained by crushing stone, gravel, or air-cooled iron blast-furnace slag specially processed to ensure suitable …
ASTM C1437 – Standard Test Method for Flow of Hydraulic Cement Mortar Description: Significance and Use 4.1 This test method is intended to be used to determine the flow of hydraulic cement mortars, and of mortars containing cementitious materials other than hydraulic cements. 4.2 While flow is not usually included in hydraulic cement specifications, it is commonly …
ASTM C135 – Standard Test Method for True Specific Gravity of Refractory Materials by Water Immersion Description: Significance and Use 3.1 The true specific gravity of a material is the ratio of its true density, determined at a specific temperature, to the true density of water, determined at a specific temperature. Thus, the true specific gravity …
ASTM C1343 – Standard Test Method for Determination of Low Concentrations of Uranium in Oils and Organic Liquids by X-ray Fluorescence Description: Significance and Use 5.1 This test method is applicable to organic solutions containing 20 to 2000 μg uranium per mL of solution presented to the spectrometer for the solution techniques or 200 to 50 000 …
ASTM C1436 – Standard Specification for Materials for Shotcrete (Withdrawn 2022) Description: Abstract This specification covers the materials for use in hydraulic-cement concrete mixtures to be placed by wet-mix and dry-mix shotcreting. It does not however cover mixing, placement, curing, or protection of the concrete placed by shotcreting. The materials used as ingredients shall consist …
ASTM C143 – Standard Test Method for Slump of Hydraulic-Cement Concrete Description: Significance and Use 4.1 This test method is intended to provide the user with a procedure to determine slump of plastic hydraulic-cement concretes. NOTE 1: This test method was originally developed to provide a technique to monitor the consistency of unhardened concrete. Under laboratory conditions, …
ASTM C1425 – Standard Test Method for Interlaminar Shear Strength of 1D and 2D Continuous Fiber-Reinforced Advanced Ceramics at Elevated Temperatures Description: Significance and Use 5.1 Continuous fiber-reinforced ceramic composites are candidate materials for structural applications requiring high degrees of wear, erosion, corrosion resistance, and damage tolerance at high temperatures. 5.2 The 1D and 2D CFCCs are …
ASTM C1424 – Standard Test Method for Monotonic Compressive Strength of Advanced Ceramics at Ambient Temperature Description: Significance and Use 4.1 This test method may be used for material development, material comparison, quality assurance, characterization, and design data generation. 4.2 Generally, resistance to compression is the measure of the greatest strength of a monolithic advanced ceramic. Ideally, …
