TEST LIMITS
PROPERTY
FINE AGGREGATE
COARSE AGGREGATE
TEST
[Specific Gravity
[_____]
[_____]
ASTM C 127
ASTM C 128]
[Absorption
[_____]
[_____]
ASTM C 127
ASTM C 128]
[Durability Factor
using (Procedure A)
[_____]
[_____]
COE CRD-C 114
ASTM C 666/C 666M]
[Clay Lumps and
Friable Particles
[_____]
[_____]
ASTM C 142]
[Material Finer
than 75-m
(No. 200) Sieve
[_____]
[_____]
ASTM C 117]
Not darker than No. 3
ASTM C 40
Not less than 95 percent
ASTM C 87]
Test Limits
[L.A. Abrasion
[_____]
[_____]
ASTM C 131
ASTM C 535]
[Soft Particles
[_____]
[_____]
COE CRD-C 130]
[Chert, less than
2.40 specific
gravity
[_____]
[_____]
ASTM C 123]
[Coal and Lignite, less than
less than 2.00
specific gravity
[_____]
[_____]
ASTM C 123]
[Petrographic
[List unwanted deleterious
Examination
materials and their limits]
ASTM C 295]
2.1.3
Chemical Admixtures
Chemical admixtures to be used, when required or permitted, shall conform
to the appropriate specification listed.
2.1.3.1
Air-Entraining Admixture
The air-entraining admixture shall conform to ASTM C 260 and shall
consistently cause the concrete to have an air content in the specified
ranges under field conditions.
2.1.3.2
Accelerating Admixture
Accelerators shall meet the requirements of ASTM C 494/C 494M, Type C or E,
except that calcium chloride or admixtures containing calcium chloride
shall not be used.
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