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ASTM C308 – Standard Practice for Working, Initial Setting, and Service Strength Setting Times of Chemical-Resistant Resin Mortars Description: Significance and Use 4.1 These methods offer a means of estimating the working time, initial setting time and service strength setting time of chemical-resistant resin mortars. The results obtained should serve as a guide in, but not …
ASTM C307 – Standard Test Method for Tensile Strength of Chemical-Resistant Mortar, Grouts, and Monolithic Surfacings Description: Significance and Use 4.1 It is recognized that chemical-resistant mortars, grouts, and monolithic surfacings are not usually under tension when in service; however, such data are useful for purposes of determining the rate of cure and other properties. 4.2 This …
ASTM C305 – Standard Practice for Mechanical Mixing of Hydraulic Cement Pastes and Mortars of Plastic Consistency Description: Significance and Use 4.1 This practice is intended for use in the mechanical mixing of pastes and mortars for the testing of hydraulic cements. Scope 1.1 This practice covers the mechanical mixing of hydraulic cement pastes and mortars of …
ASTM C303 – Standard Test Method for Dimensions and Density of Preformed Block and Board–Type Thermal Insulation Description: Significance and Use 5.1 Dimensional measurements of the product thermal insulation are essential in determining compliance of a product with specification limits. Dimensional measurements of various test specimens are also required by the specific test method. 5.2 Density measurements …
ASTM C297 – Standard Test Method for Flatwise Tensile Strength of Sandwich Constructions Description: Significance and Use 5.1 In a sandwich panel, core-to-facing bond integrity is necessary to maintain facing stability and permit load transfer between the facings and core. This test method can be used to provide information on the strength and quality of core-to-facing …
ASTM C295 – Standard Guide for Petrographic Examination of Aggregates for Concrete Description: Significance and Use 5.1 Petrographic examinations are made for the following purposes: 5.1.1 To determine the physical and chemical characteristics of the material that may be observed by petrographic methods and that have a bearing on the performance of the material in its intended …
ASTM C293 – Standard Test Method for Flexural Strength of Concrete (Using Simple Beam With Center-Point Loading) Description: Significance and Use 3.1 This test method is used to determine the modulus of rupture of specimens prepared and cured in accordance with Practices C31/C31M or C192/C192M. The strength determined will vary where there are differences in specimen size, preparation, moisture …
ASTM C29 – Standard Test Method for Bulk Density (“Unit Weight”) and Voids in Aggregate Description: Significance and Use 4.1 This test method is often used to determine bulk density values that are necessary for use for many methods of selecting proportions for concrete mixtures. 4.2 The bulk density also may be used for determining mass/volume relationships …
ASTM C289 – Standard Test Method for Potential Alkali-Silica Reactivity of Aggregates (Chemical Method) (Withdrawn 2016) Description: Scope 1.1 This test method covers chemical determination of the potential reactivity of an aggregate with alkalies in portland-cement concrete as indicated by the amount of reaction during 24 h at 80 ° C between 1 N sodium hydroxide solution …
ASTM C288 – Standard Test Method for Disintegration of Refractories in an Atmosphere of Carbon Monoxide Description: Significance and Use 2.1 This test method is used to determine the relative resistance of various refractories to disintegration caused by exposure to a CO atmosphere. The results obtained by this method can be used to select refractories that …
