ASTM C1526-03

Standard Specification for Serpentine Dimension Stone

SCOPE
1.1 This specification covers the material characteristics, physical requirements, and sampling appropriate for the selection of serpentine (serpentine marble) for general building and structural purposes.
1.2 Dimension serpentine shall include stone that is sawed, cut, split, or otherwise finished or shaped and shall specifically exclude molded, cast, or otherwise artificially aggregated units composed of fragments, and also crushed and broken stone.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 30-Nov-2003
• ICS: 91.100.15 - Mineral materials and products
• Technical Committee: C18 - Dimension Stone
• Drafting Committee: C18.03 - Material Specifications

Relations

• Replaces: ASTM C1526-02 - Standard Specification for Serpentine Dimension Stone
• Effective Date: 01-Dec-2003
• Replaced By: ASTM C1526-08 - Standard Specification for Serpentine Dimension Stone
• Effective Date: 01-Jan-2008
• Referred By: ASTM C1721-22 - Standard Guide for Petrographic Examination of Dimension Stone
• Effective Date: 01-Dec-2003
• Referred By: ASTM C1242-23 - Standard Guide for Selection, Design, and Installation of Dimension Stone Attachment Systems
• Effective Date: 01-Dec-2003
• Referred By: ASTM C1528/C1528M-20 - Standard Guide for Selection of Dimension Stone
• Effective Date: 01-Dec-2003

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation: C 1526 – 03
Standard Specification for
1
Serpentine Dimension Stone
This standard is issued under the fixed designation C 1526; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
TABLE 1 Physical Requirements
1. Scope
1.1 This specification covers the material characteristics, NOTE—The material property values in Table 1 were established using
samples prepared according to the individual test methods. Finishes, other
physical requirements, and sampling appropriate for the selec-
than those specified in the individual test methods, may result in a
tion of serpentine (serpentine marble) for general building and
deviation from established values.
structural purposes.
Test Classi- Test
1.2 Dimension serpentine shall include stone that is sawed,
Physical Property
Requirements fications Methods
cut, split, or otherwise finished or shaped and shall specifically
Absorption by weight, max, % 0.20 I Exterior C97
exclude molded, cast, or otherwise artificially aggregated units
0.60 II Interior
3 3
composed of fragments, and also crushed and broken stone.
Density, min, lb/ft (kg/m ) 160 (2560) I, II C 97
Compressive strength, min, psi (MPa) 10000 (69) I, II C 170
Modulus of rupture, min, psi (MPa) 1000 (6.9) I, II C 99
2. Referenced Documents
A,B,C
Abrasion resistance, min, H 10 I, II C 241/C 1353
a
2
2.1 ASTM Standards:
Flexural strength, min, psi (MPa) 1000 (6.9) I, II C 880
C 97 Test Methods for Absorption and Bulk Specific Grav- A
Pertains to foot traffic only. Where two or more stone varieties are combined
for color and design effects, there should be no greater difference than five points
ity of Dimension Stone
in abrasion resistance.
C 99 Test Method for Modulus of Rupture of Dimension
B
The supplier of the No. 60 Alundum abrasive, Norton, has indicated that the
Stone
formula for Norton treatment 138S has been changed. The new abrasive is
currently more aggressive, resulting in lower abrasion resistance values (H ) than
C 119 Terminology Relating to Dimension Stone
a
when the standard was initially established. As such, care should be taken when
C 170 Test Method for Compressive Strength of Dimension
interpretingH valuesfromtestsusingthenewabrasive,particularlywithregardto
a
Stone
current ASTM stone standard specification requirements for abrasion resistance,
which were developed when the original abrasive was still in use.
C 241 Test Method for Abrasion Resistance of Stone Sub-
C
It is not necessary to perform both tests. Availability of the proper equipment
jected to Foot Traffic
and materials by the testing laboratory may determine which test is performed.
C 880 Test Method for Flexural Strength of Dimension
Stone
4.3 Warping of serpentine due to localized water absorption
C 1353 Test Method for Abrasion Resistance of Stone
is a natural characteristic of the material and shall be taken into
Subjected to Foot Traffic by the Taber Abrader Method
account in assessing the permissible natural variations suitable
3. Terminology for a particular application. Setting serpentine with a non-
water-based setting ma
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