ASTM C185-02

Standard Test Method for Air Content of Hydraulic Cement Mortar

SIGNIFICANCE AND USE
The purpose of this test method is to determine whether or not the hydraulic cement under test meets the air-entraining or non-air-entraining requirements of the applicable hydraulic cement specification for which the test is being made. The air content of concrete is influenced by many factors other than the potential of the cement for air entrainment.
SCOPE
1.1 This test method covers the determination of the air content of hydraulic cement mortar under the conditions hereinafter specified.
1.2 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as the standard.
1.3 Values in SI shall be obtained by measurement in SI units or by appropriate conversion, using the Rules for Conversion and Rounding in IEEE/ASTM SI 10, of measurements made in other units.
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.
1.5 Warning— Fresh hydraulic cementitious mixtures are caustic and may cause chemical burns to skin and tissue upon prolonged exposure.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 09-Aug-2002
• ICS: 91.100.10 - Cement. Gypsum. Lime. Mortar
• Technical Committee: C01 - Cement
• Drafting Committee: C01.21 - Air Entrainment

Relations

• Replaces: ASTM C185-01 - Standard Test Method for Air Content of Hydraulic Cement Mortar
• Effective Date: 10-Aug-2002
• Replaced By: ASTM C185-08 - Standard Test Method for Air Content of Hydraulic Cement Mortar
• Effective Date: 01-Jul-2008
• Referred By: ASTM C233/C233M-18 - Standard Test Method for Air-Entraining Admixtures for Concrete
• Effective Date: 10-Aug-2002
• Referred By: ASTM C1107/C1107M-20 - Standard Specification for Packaged Dry, Hydraulic-Cement Grout (Nonshrink)
• Effective Date: 10-Aug-2002
• Referred By: ASTM C359-21 - Standard Test Method for Early Stiffening of Hydraulic-Cement (Mortar Method)
• Effective Date: 10-Aug-2002
• Referred By: ASTM C1328/C1328M-23 - Standard Specification for Plastic (Stucco) Cement
• Effective Date: 10-Aug-2002
• Referred By: ASTM C1157/C1157M-23 - Standard Performance Specification for Hydraulic Cement
• Effective Date: 10-Aug-2002
• Referred By: ASTM C845/C845M-18 - Standard Specification for Expansive Hydraulic Cement
• Effective Date: 10-Aug-2002
• Referred By: ASTM C827/C827M-23 - Standard Test Method for Change in Height at Early Ages of Cylindrical Specimens of Cementitious Mixtures
• Effective Date: 10-Aug-2002
• Referred By: ASTM C595/C595M-23 - Standard Specification for Blended Hydraulic Cements
• Effective Date: 10-Aug-2002
• Referred By: ASTM C226-22 - Standard Specification for Air-Entraining Additions for Use in the Manufacture of Air-Entraining Hydraulic Cement
• Effective Date: 10-Aug-2002
• Referred By: ASTM C1439-19 - Standard Test Methods for Evaluating Latex and Powder Polymer Modifiers for use in Hydraulic Cement Concrete and Mortar
• Effective Date: 10-Aug-2002
• Referred By: ASTM C1603-23 - Standard Test Method for Measurement of Solids in Water
• Effective Date: 10-Aug-2002
• Referred By: ASTM C482-20 - Standard Test Method for Bond Strength of Ceramic Tile to Portland Cement Paste
• Effective Date: 10-Aug-2002
• Referred By: ASTM C311/C311M-22 - Standard Test Methods for Sampling and Testing Fly Ash or Natural Pozzolans for Use in Portland-Cement Concrete
• Effective Date: 10-Aug-2002

Standards Content (Sample)

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American Association State
Designation:C185–02 Highway and Transportation Officials Standard
AASHTO No.: T137
Standard Test Method for
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Air Content of Hydraulic Cement Mortar
This standard is issued under the fixed designation C 185; 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.
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1. Scope C 595 Specification for Blended Hydraulic Cements
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C 778 Specification for Standard Sand
1.1 This test method covers the determination of the air
C 1005 Specification forWeights andWeighing Devices for
content of hydraulic cement mortar under the conditions
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Use in the Physical Testing of Hydraulic Cements
hereinafter specified.
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C 1157 Performance Specification for Hydraulic Cement
1.2 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as the
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C 1328 Specification for Plastic Stucco Cement
standard.
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C 1328 Specification for Mortar Cement
1.3 Values in SI shall be obtained by measurement in SI
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E 438 Specification for Glasses in Laboratory Apparatus
units or by appropriate conversion, using the Rules for Con-
E 694 Specification for Laboratory Glass VolumetricAppa-
version and Rounding in IEEE/ASTM SI 10, of measurements
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ratus
made in other units.
IEEE/ASTM SI 10 Standard for Use of the International
1.4 This standard does not purport to address all of the
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System of Units (SI): The Modern Metric System
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
3. Summary of Test Method
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
3.1 Prepare a mortar with standard sand and the cement to
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
be tested, using a water content sufficient to give a required
1.5 Warning— Fresh hydraulic cementitious mixtures are
flow. Compact the mortar into a measure of known volume and
caustic and may cause chemical burns to skin and tissue upon
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determine mass. Calculate the air content from the measured
prolonged exposure.
density of the mortar, the known densities of the constituents,
2. Referenced Documents and the mixture proportions.
2.1 ASTM Standards:
4. Significance and Use
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C 91 Specification for Masonry Cement
4.1 The purpose of this test method is to determine whether
C 109/C 109M Test Method for Compressive Strength of
or not the hydraulic cement under test meets the air-entraining
Hydraulic-Cement Mortars (Using 2-in. or [50-mm] Cube
3 or non-air-entraining requirements of the applicable hydraulic
Specimens)
3 cement specification for which the test is being made. The air
C 150 Specification for Portland Cement
contentofconcreteisinfluencedbymanyfactorsotherthanthe
C 183 Practice for Sampling and the Amount of Testing of
3 potential of the cement for air entrainment.
Hydraulic Cement
C 230/C 230M SpecificationforFlowTableforUseinTests
5. Apparatus
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of Hydraulic Cement
5.1 Flow Table, Flow Mold, and Caliper, shall conform to
C 305 PracticeforMechanicalMixingofHydraulicCement
3 Specification C 230/C 230M.
Pastes and Mortars of Plastic Consistency
5.2 Measure—A cylindrical measure having an inside di-
C 511 Specification for Moist Cabinets, Moist Rooms, and
ameter of 76 6 2 mm and a depth (approximately 88 mm)
Water Storage Tanks Used in the Testing of Hydraulic
3 adjusted by standardization with water to contain 400 61mL
Cements and Concretes
at 23.0 6 2.0°C (Note 1). For the purposes of this test, the
capacity of the measure in millilitres is the mass of the water
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This test method is under the jurisdiction ofASTM Committee C01 on Cement
content of the measure, in grams, divided by 0.9976, no
and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee C01.21 on Air Entrainment.
correctioninmassbeingmadeforthebuoyanteffectofair.The
Current edition approved Aug. 10, 2002. Published September 2002. Originally
measure shall have a uniform wall thickness. The thickness of
published as C 185 – 44 T. Last previous edition C 185 – 01.
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Refer to the section on Safety Precautions, “Manual of Cement Testing,”
Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 04.01.
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 04.01. Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 14.04.
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C185–02
the wall and bottom shall not be less than 2.9 mm. The total 9.2 Mixing of Mortar—Mix the mortar in accordance with
mass of the empty measure shall not be more than 900 g. The Practice C 305.
measure shall be made of a metal n
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