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ASTM C417 – Standard Test Method for Thermal Conductivity of Unfired Monolithic Refractories Description: Significance and Use 3.1 The thermal conductivity of monolithic refractories is a property required for selecting their thermal transmission characteristics. Users select monolithic refractories to provide specified conditions of heat loss and cold face temperature, without exceeding the temperature limitation of the …
ASTM C416 – Standard Classification of Silica Refractory Brick Description: Significance and Use 3.1 The presence of certain impurities in silica brick tends to lower their refractoriness and service limits. This classification permits those familiar with refractories to predict the refractoriness of silica brick from their alkali and alumina contents. Scope 1.1 This classification is limited to …
ASTM C1341 – Standard Test Method for Flexural Properties of Continuous Fiber-Reinforced Advanced Ceramic Composites Description: Significance and Use 5.1 This test method is used for material development, quality control, and material flexural specifications. Although flexural test methods are commonly used to determine design strengths of monolithic advanced ceramics, the use of flexure test data for …
ASTM C413 – Standard Test Method for Absorption of Chemical-Resistant Mortars, Grouts, Monolithic Surfacings, and Polymer Concretes Description: Significance and Use 4.1 The results obtained by this test method should serve as a guide in, but not as the sole basis for, selection of a chemical-resistant material for a particular application. No attempt has been made …
ASTM C411 – Standard Test Method for Hot-Surface Performance of High-Temperature Thermal Insulation Description: Significance and Use 4.1 Performance in service is the final measure of value for a thermal insulation, but simulative service tests give useful indications. One type involves application for a specified time to a surface heated at a temperature approximately that of …
ASTM C403 – Standard Test Method for Time of Setting of Concrete Mixtures by Penetration Resistance Description: Significance and Use 5.1 Since the setting of concrete is a gradual process, any definition of time of setting must necessarily be arbitrary. In this test method, the times required for the mortar to reach specified values of resistance …
ASTM C40 – Standard Test Method for Organic Impurities in Fine Aggregates for Concrete Description: Significance and Use 4.1 This test method is used in making a preliminary determination of the acceptability of fine aggregates with respect to the requirements of Specification C33/C33M that relate to organic impurities. 4.2 The principal value of this test method is to furnish …
ASTM C393 – Standard Test Method for Core Shear Properties of Sandwich Constructions by Beam Flexure Description: Significance and Use 5.1 Flexure tests on flat sandwich construction may be conducted to determine the sandwich flexural stiffness, the core shear strength and shear modulus, or the facings compressive and tensile strengths. Tests to evaluate core shear strength …
ASTM C39 – Standard Test Method for Compressive Strength of Cylindrical Concrete Specimens Description: Significance and Use 5.1 Care must be exercised in the interpretation of the significance of compressive strength determinations by this test method since strength is not a fundamental or intrinsic property of concrete made from given materials. Values obtained will depend on …
ASTM C387 – Standard Specification for Packaged, Dry, Combined Materials for Concrete and High Strength Mortar Description: Abstract This specification covers the production, properties, packaging, and testing of packaged, dry, combined materials for concrete and mortars. Concrete mixtures covered by this specification includes high-early strength concrete, normal strength concrete, normal weight concrete, high-strength mortar, and …
