ASTM C260-01

Standard Specification for Air-Entraining Admixtures for Concrete

SCOPE
1.1 This specification covers materials proposed for use as air-entraining admixtures to be added to concrete mixtures in the field.
1.2 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as the standard. The values given in parentheses are for information only.
1.3 The text of this specification references notes and footnotes which provide explanatory material. These notes and footnotes (excluding those in tables and figures) shall not be considered as requirements of the standard.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 09-Aug-2001
• ICS: 91.100.30 - Concrete and concrete products
• Technical Committee: C09 - Concrete and Concrete Aggregates
• Drafting Committee: C09.23 - Chemical Admixtures

Relations

• Replaces: ASTM C260-00 - Standard Specification for Air-Entraining Admixtures for Concrete
• Effective Date: 10-Aug-2001
• Replaced By: ASTM C260-06 - Standard Specification for Air-Entraining Admixtures for Concrete
• Effective Date: 01-Aug-2006
• Referred By: ASTM F2480-18 - Standard Guide for In-ground Concrete Skatepark
• Effective Date: 10-Aug-2001
• Referred By: ASTM D5139-19 - Standard Specification for Sample Preparation for Qualification Testing of Coatings to be Used in Nuclear Power Plants
• Effective Date: 10-Aug-2001

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation: C 260 – 01
Standard Specification for
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Air-Entraining Admixtures for Concrete
This standard is issued under the fixed designation C 260; 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.
This standard has been approved for use by agencies of the Department of Defense.
air-entraining admixture be made using all of the ingredients of the
1. Scope *
concrete proposed for the specific work, because the effect produced by
1.1 This specification covers materials proposed for use as
the air-entraining admixture may vary with the properties of the other
air-entraining admixtures to be added to concrete mixtures in
ingredients of the concrete.
the field.
4.2 Requirements for establishing compositional or chemi-
1.2 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as the
cal equivalence of a subsequent lot relative to a previous lot
standard. The values given in parentheses are for information
thatwassubjectedtoqualitytestsandfoundtocomplywiththe
only.
requirements of 5.1 shall be determined if agreed upon by the
1.3 The text of this specification references notes and
purchaser and the manufacturer. At the request of the pur-
footnotes which provide explanatory material. These notes and
chaser, the manufacturer shall recommend appropriate test
footnotes (excluding those in tables and figures) shall not be
procedures, such as infrared spectrophotometry (I.R.), pH
considered as requirements of the standard.
value and solids content, for establishing the equivalence of
materials from different lots or different portions of the same
2. Referenced Documents
lot.
2.1 ASTM Standards:
C 183 Practice for Sampling and the Amount of Testing of
NOTE 2—Ultraviolet light absorption (UV) of solutions and infrared
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spectroscopy of dried residues have been found to be valuable for these
Hydraulic Cement
purposes. The specific procedures to be employed and the criteria to
C 185 Test Method for Air Content of Hydraulic Cement
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Mortar
sition and properties of the sample.
C 233 Test Method forAir-EntrainingAdmixtures for Con-
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4.3 At the request of the purchaser, the manufacturer shall
crete
state in writing the chloride content of the air-entraining
3. Terminology
admixture and whether or not chloride was added during its
manufacture.
3.1 Definitions of Terms Specific to This Standard:
3.1.1 air-entraining admixture, n—for the purpose of this
NOTE 3—Admixtures that contain chlorides may accelerate corrosion
specification, a material that is used as an ingredient of
of embedded metals.
concrete, added to the batch immediately before or during its
5. Optional Uniformity Requirements
mixing, for the purpose of entraining air.
5.1 A series of two or more samples from a manufacturing
4. General Requirements
lot will be considered sufficiently uniform to be properly
4.1 At the request of the purchaser, the manufacturer shall
composited into a single sample for quality testing provided
state in writing that the air-entraining admixture supplied for
they do not differ more than the amounts indicated in 5.4.
use in the work is essentially identical in concentration,
5.2 A subsequent sample or composite sample shall be
composition, and performance to the air-entraining admixture
considered in compliance with these requirements, so long as
tested under this specification.
they differ from the original sample, tested to the requirements
of 6.1, by no more than the amounts listed in 5.4, and provided
NOTE 1—It is recommended that, whenever practicable, tests with the
that any additional optional, appropriate tests, such as infrared
spectroscopy and ultraviolet light absorption, referred to in 4.2,
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee C09 on
also meet pre-agreed requirements.
Concrete and ConcreteAggregates and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee
5.3 Determinations of uniformity shall be made in accor-
C09.23 on Chemical Admixtures.
dance with the procedures given in the sections “Check Tests
Current edition approved Aug. 10, 2001. Published September 2001. Originally
published as C 260 – 50 T. Last previous edition C 260 – 00.
for Uniformity” and “Procedure for Residue by Oven Drying”
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 04.01.
of Test Method C 233.
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 04.02.
*ASummary of Changes section appears at the end of this standard.
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