ASTM C1526-02

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: 09-Oct-2002
• ICS: 91.100.15 - Mineral materials and products
• Technical Committee: C18 - Dimension Stone
• Drafting Committee: C18.03 - Material Specifications

Relations

• Replaced By: ASTM C1526-03 - Standard Specification for Serpentine Dimension Stone
• Effective Date: 01-Dec-2003
• Referred By: ASTM C1721-22 - Standard Guide for Petrographic Examination of Dimension Stone
• Effective Date: 10-Oct-2002
• Referred By: ASTM C1528/C1528M-20 - Standard Guide for Selection of Dimension Stone
• Effective Date: 10-Oct-2002
• Referred By: ASTM C1242-23 - Standard Guide for Selection, Design, and Installation of Dimension Stone Attachment Systems
• Effective Date: 10-Oct-2002

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation: C 1526 – 02
Standard Specification for
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
Test Classi- Test
1.1 This specification covers the material characteristics,
Physical Property
Requirements fications Methods
physical requirements, and sampling appropriate for the selec-
Absorption by weight, max, % 0.20 I Exterior C97
tion of serpentine (serpentine marble) for general building and
0.60 II Interior
3 3
structural purposes.
Density, min, lb/ft (kg/m ) 160 (2560) I, II C 97
Compressive strength, min, psi (MPa) 10000 (69) I, II C 170
1.2 Dimension serpentine shall include stone that is sawed,
Modulus of rupture, min, psi (MPa) 1000 (6.9) I, II C 99
cut, split, or otherwise finished or shaped and shall specifically
A,B,C
Abrasion resistance, min, H 10 I, II C 241/C 1353
a
exclude molded, cast, or otherwise artificially aggregated units
Flexural strength, min, psi (MPa) 1000 (6.9) I, II C 880
composed of fragments, and also crushed and broken stone. 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
2. Referenced Documents in abrasion resistance.
B
The supplier of the No. 60 Alundum abrasive, Norton, has indicated that the
2.1 ASTM Standards:
formula for Norton treatment 138S has been changed. The new abrasive is
currently more aggressive, resulting in lower abrasion resistance values (H ) than
C 97 Test Methods for Absorption and Bulk Specific Grav-
a
2 when the standard was initially established. As such, care should be taken when
ity of Dimension Stone
interpreting H values from tests using the new abrasive, particularly with regard to
a
C 99 Test Method for Modulus of Rupture of Dimension
current ASTM stone standard specification requirements for abrasion resistance,
which were developed when the original abrasive was still in use.
Stone
C
2 It is not necessary to perform both tests. Availability of the proper equipment
C 119 Terminology Relating to Dimension Stone
and materials by the testing laboratory may determine which test is performed.
C 170 Test Method for Compressive Strength of Dimension
Stone
account in assessing the permissible natural variations suitable
C 241 Test Method for Abrasion Resistance of Stone Sub-
for a particular application. Setting serpentine with a non-
jected to Foot Traffic
water-based setting material in a full-coverage setting bed over
C 880 Test Method for Flexural Strength of Dimension
a rigid substrate can prevent warping from occurring after
Stone
installation.
C 1353 Test Method for Abrasion Resistance of Stone
4.4 Alteration of the color and finish of serpentine with
Subjected to Foot Traffic by the Taber Abrader Method
exposure to the weather can occu
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