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ASTM C1600 – Standard Specification for Rapid Hardening Hydraulic Cement Description: Abstract This specification covers performance requirements for rapid hardening hydraulic cements. There are no restrictions on the compositions of the cement or its constituents. The specification classifies cements by type based on specific requirements for very early compressive strength development. The following are the …
ASTM C1589 – Standard Practice for Outdoor Weathering of Construction Seals and Sealants Description: Significance and Use 4.1 Tests conducted in accordance with this practice are used to evaluate the weatherability of construction seals and sealant materials when they are exposed to outdoor weather conditions. The weatherability of seals and sealants in actual outdoor use can …
ASTM C1585 – Standard Test Method for Measurement of Rate of Absorption of Water by Hydraulic-Cement Concretes Description: Significance and Use 4.1 The performance of concrete subjected to many aggressive environments is a function, to a large extent, of the penetrability of the pore system. In unsaturated concrete, the rate of ingress of water or other …
ASTM C1583 – Standard Test Method for Tensile Strength of Concrete Surfaces and the Bond Strength or Tensile Strength of Concrete Repair and Overlay Materials by Direct Tension (Pull-off Method) Description: Significance and Use 5.1 This test method determines the tensile strength of concrete near to the prepared surface, which can be used as an indicator …
ASTM C1582 – Standard Specification for Admixtures to Inhibit Chloride-Induced Corrosion of Reinforcing Steel in Concrete Description: Abstract This specification covers material for use as chloride-corrosion-inhibiting admixtures for concrete. Concrete must meet the physical requirements such as compressive strength and flexural strength. The test admixture must show corrosion-inhibiting performance with the required mean integrated macrocell …
ASTM C1581 – Standard Test Method for Determining Age at Cracking and Induced Tensile Stress Characteristics of Mortar and Concrete under Restrained Shrinkage Description: Significance and Use 5.1 This test method is for relative comparison of materials and is not intended to determine the age at cracking of mortar or concrete in any specific type of …
ASTM C158 – Standard Test Methods for Strength of Glass by Flexure (Determination of Modulus of Rupture) Description: Significance and Use 4.1 For the purpose of this test, glasses and glass-ceramics are considered brittle (perfectly elastic) and to have the property that fracture normally occurs at the surface of the test specimen from the principal tensile …
ASTM C1579 – Standard Test Method for Evaluating Plastic Shrinkage Cracking of Restrained Fiber Reinforced Concrete (Using a Steel Form Insert) Description: Significance and Use 5.1 The test method is intended to evaluate the effects of evaporation, settlement, and early autogenous shrinkage on the plastic shrinkage cracking performance of fiber reinforced concrete up to and for …
ASTM C157 – Standard Test Method for Length Change of Hardened Hydraulic-Cement Mortar and Concrete Description: Significance and Use 4.1 Measurement of length change permits assessment of the potential for volumetric expansion or contraction of mortar or concrete due to various causes other than applied force or temperature change. This test method is particularly useful for …
ASTM C1567 – Standard Test Method for Determining the Potential Alkali-Silica Reactivity of Combinations of Cementitious Materials and Aggregate (Accelerated Mortar-Bar Method) Description: Significance and Use 4.1 This test method provides a means for evaluating the ability of pozzolans and slag cement to control deleterious internal expansion due to alkali-silica reaction when used with an aggregate …
