ASTM C117-95

Standard Test Method for Materials Finer than 75-&#181m (No. 200) Sieve in Mineral Aggregates by Washing

SCOPE
1.1 This test method covers determination of the amount of material finer than a 75-[mu]m (No. 200) sieve in aggregate by washing. Clay particles and other aggregate particles that are dispersed by the wash water, as well as water-soluble materials, will be removed from the aggregate during the test.  
1.2 Two procedures are included, one using only water for the washing operation, and the other including a wetting agent to assist the loosening of the material finer than the 75-[mu]m (No. 200) sieve from the coarser material. Unless otherwise specified, Procedure A (water only) shall be used.  
1.3 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as the standard.  
1.4 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 31-Dec-1994
• ICS: 91.100.15 - Mineral materials and products
• Technical Committee: C09 - Concrete and Concrete Aggregates
• Drafting Committee: C09.20 - Aggregates

Relations

• Replaced By: ASTM C117-03 - Standard Test Method for Materials Finer than 75-μm (No. 200) Sieve in Mineral Aggregates by Washing
• Effective Date: 10-Jul-2003
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• Effective Date: 01-Jan-1995
• Referred By: ASTM C1797-23 - Standard Specification for Ground Calcium Carbonate and Aggregate Mineral Fillers for use in Hydraulic Cement Concrete
• Effective Date: 01-Jan-1995
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• Effective Date: 01-Jan-1995
• Referred By: ASTM D6783-05a(2022) - Standard Specification for Polymer Concrete Pipe
• Effective Date: 01-Jan-1995
• Referred By: ASTM C1252-23 - Standard Test Methods for Uncompacted Void Content of Fine Aggregate (as Influenced by Particle Shape, Surface Texture, and Grading)
• Effective Date: 01-Jan-1995
• Referred By: ASTM C142/C142M-17 - Standard Test Method for Clay Lumps and Friable Particles in Aggregates
• Effective Date: 01-Jan-1995
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• Effective Date: 01-Jan-1995
• Referred By: ASTM D1241-15 - Standard Specification for Materials for Soil-Aggregate Subbase, Base, and Surface Courses
• Effective Date: 01-Jan-1995
• Referred By: ASTM C295/C295M-19 - Standard Guide for Petrographic Examination of Aggregates for Concrete
• Effective Date: 01-Jan-1995
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• Effective Date: 01-Jan-1995
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• Effective Date: 01-Jan-1995
• Referred By: ASTM F790-23 - Standard Guide for Testing Materials for Aerospace Plastic Transparent Enclosures
• Effective Date: 01-Jan-1995
• Referred By: ASTM C1471/C1471M-22 - Standard Guide for the Use of High Solids Content Cold Liquid-Applied Elastomeric Waterproofing Membrane on Vertical Surfaces
• Effective Date: 01-Jan-1995
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• Effective Date: 01-Jan-1995

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation: C 117 – 95
Standard Test Method for
Materials Finer than 75-μm (No. 200) Sieve in Mineral
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Aggregates by Washing
This standard is issued under the fixed designation C 117; 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.
1. Scope T11 Method of Test for Amount of Material Finer than
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0.075-mm Sieve in Aggregate
1.1 This test method covers determination of the amount of
material finer than a 75-μm (No. 200) sieve in aggregate by
3. Summary of Test Method
washing. Clay particles and other aggregate particles that are
3.1 A sample of the aggregate is washed in a prescribed
dispersed by the wash water, as well as water-soluble materials,
manner, using either plain water or water containing a wetting
will be removed from the aggregate during the test.
agent, as specified. The decanted wash water, containing
1.2 Two procedures are included, one using only water for
suspended and dissolved material, is passed through a 75-μm
the washing operation, and the other including a wetting agent
(No. 200) sieve. The loss in mass resulting from the wash
to assist the loosening of the material finer than the 75-μm (No.
treatment is calculated as mass percent of the original sample
200) sieve from the coarser material. Unless otherwise speci-
and is reported as the percentage of material finer than a 75-μm
fied, Procedure A (water only) shall be used.
(No. 200) sieve by washing.
1.3 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as the
standard.
4. Significance and Use
1.4 This standard does not purport to address all of the
4.1 Material finer than the 75-μm (No. 200) sieve can be
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
separated from larger particles much more efficiently and
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
completely by wet sieving than through the use of dry sieving.
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
Therefore, when accurate determinations of material finer than
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
75 μm in fine or coarse aggregate are desired, this test method
2. Referenced Documents is used on the sample prior to dry sieving in accordance with
Test Method C 136. The results of this test method are included
2.1 ASTM Standards:
in the calculation in Test Method C 136, and the total amount
C 136 Test Method for Sieve Analysis of Fine and Coarse
2 of material finer than 75 μm by washing, plus that obtained by
Aggregates
dry sieving the same sample, is reported with the results of Test
C 670 Practice for Preparing Precision and Bias Statements
2 Method C 136. Usually, the additional amount of material finer
for Test Methods for Construction Materials
than 75 μm obtained in the dry sieving process is a small
C 702 Practice for Reducing Field Samples of Aggregate to
2 amount. If it is large, the efficiency of the washing operation
Testing Size
3 should be checked. It could also be an indication of degrada-
D 75 Practice for Sampling Aggregates
tion of the aggregate.
E 11 Specification for Wire-Cloth Sieves for Testing Pur-
4 4.2 Plain water is adequate to separate the material finer
poses
than 75 μm from the coarser material with most aggregates. In
2.2 AASHTO Standard:
some cases, the finer material is adhering to the larger particles,
such as some clay coatings and coatings on aggregates that
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This test method is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee C-9 on Concrete have been extracted from bituminous mixtures. In these cases,
and Concrete Aggregates and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee C09.20 on
the fine material will be separated more readily with a wetting
Normal Weight Aggregates.
agent in the water.
Current edition approved March 15, 1995. Published May 1995. Originally
published as C 117 – 35 T. Last previous edition C 117 – 90.
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C117–95
5. Apparatus and Materials 8. Procedure A—Washing with Plain Water
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