SCM / Pozzolans / Slag Testing
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SCM / Pozzolans / Slag Testing
- ASTM C311 – Testing Fly Ash or Natural Pozzolans for Use in Portland-Cement Concrete
- Chemical analysis:
- Moisture content
- Loss on ignition
- Silicon dioxide, aluminum oxide, iron oxide, calcium oxide, magnesium oxide, sulfur trioxide, sodium oxide and potassium oxide
- Available alkali
- Ammonia
- Physical tests:
- Density
- Fineness
- Increase of drying shrinkage of mortar bars
- Soundness
- Air-entrainment of mortar
- Strength activity index with portland cement
- Water requirement
- Effectiveness of fly ash or natural pozzolan in controlling alkali-silica reactions
- Effectiveness of fly ash or natural pozzolan in contributing to sulfate resistance
- Chemical analysis:
- ASTM C618 – Spec for Coal Fly Ash and Raw or Calcined Natural Pozzolan for Use in Concrete
- ASTM C989 – Spec for Slag Cement for Use in Concrete and Mortars
- ASTM C1240 – Spec for Silica Fume Used in Cementitious Mixtures
- ASTM C1697 – Spec for Blended Supplementary Cementitious Materials
- ASTM D5370 – Spec for Pozzolanic Blended Materials in Construction Applications
- AASHTO M302 – Slag Cement for Use in Concrete and Mortars
- AASHTO M307 – Silica Fume Used in Cementitious Mixtures
- ACI PRC-232.2-18 – Report on the Use of Fly Ash in Concrete
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