ASTM C511-05

Standard Specification for Mixing Rooms, Moist Cabinets, Moist Rooms, and Water Storage Tanks Used in the Testing of Hydraulic Cements and Concretes

SCOPE
1.1 This specification includes requirements for mixing rooms where paste and mortar specimens are prepared; and for moist cabinets, moist rooms, and water storage tanks where paste, mortar, and concrete specimens are stored.
1.2 Values in SI units shall be obtained by measurement in SI units or by appropriate conversion, using the Rules for Conversion and rounding given in Standard IEEE/ASTM SI 10, of measurements made in other units.
1.3 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: 30-Apr-2005
• ICS: 91.100.10 - Cement. Gypsum. Lime. Mortar
• ICS: 91.100.30 - Concrete and concrete products
• Technical Committee: C01 - Cement
• Drafting Committee: C01.95 - Coordination of Standards

Relations

• Replaces: ASTM C511-03 - Standard Specification for Mixing Rooms, Moist Cabinets, Moist Rooms, and Water Storage Tanks Used in the Testing of Hydraulic Cements and Concretes
• Effective Date: 01-May-2005
• Replaced By: ASTM C511-06 - Standard Specification for Mixing Rooms, Moist Cabinets, Moist Rooms, and Water Storage Tanks Used in the Testing of Hydraulic Cements and Concretes
• Effective Date: 01-Nov-2006
• Referred By: ASTM C596-18 - Standard Test Method for Drying Shrinkage of Mortar Containing Hydraulic Cement
• Effective Date: 01-May-2005
• Referred By: ASTM D7958/D7958M-17 - Standard Test Method for Evaluation of Performance for FRP Composite Bonded to Concrete Substrate using Beam Test
• Effective Date: 01-May-2005
• Referred By: ASTM C187-23 - Standard Test Method for Amount of Water Required for Normal Consistency of Hydraulic Cement Paste
• Effective Date: 01-May-2005
• Referred By: ASTM C1074-19e1 - Standard Practice for Estimating Concrete Strength by the Maturity Method
• Effective Date: 01-May-2005
• Referred By: ASTM C359-21 - Standard Test Method for Early Stiffening of Hydraulic-Cement (Mortar Method)
• Effective Date: 01-May-2005
• Referred By: ASTM D7913/D7913M-14(2020) - Standard Test Method for Bond Strength of Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Matrix Composite Bars to Concrete by Pullout Testing
• Effective Date: 01-May-2005
• Referred By: ASTM C1738/C1738M-19 - Standard Practice for High-Shear Mixing of Hydraulic Cement Pastes
• Effective Date: 01-May-2005
• Referred By: ASTM G109-23 - Standard Test Methods for Determining Effects of Chemical Admixtures on Corrosion of Embedded Steel Reinforcement in Concrete Exposed to Chloride Environments
• Effective Date: 01-May-2005
• Referred By: ASTM D1734-93(2022) - Standard Practice for Making Cementitious Panels for Testing Coatings
• Effective Date: 01-May-2005
• Referred By: ASTM C796/C796M-19 - Standard Test Method for Foaming Agents for Use in Producing Cellular Concrete Using Preformed Foam
• Effective Date: 01-May-2005
• Referred By: ASTM C125-21a - Standard Terminology Relating to Concrete and Concrete Aggregates
• Effective Date: 01-May-2005
• Referred By: ASTM C631-09(2020) - Standard Specification for Bonding Compounds for Interior Gypsum Plastering
• Effective Date: 01-May-2005
• Referred By: ASTM C1260-22 - Standard Test Method for Potential Alkali Reactivity of Aggregates (Mortar-Bar Method)
• Effective Date: 01-May-2005

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation: C 511 – 05
Standard Specification for
Mixing Rooms, Moist Cabinets, Moist Rooms, and Water
Storage Tanks Used in the Testing of Hydraulic Cements
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and Concretes
This standard is issued under the fixed designation C 511; 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.
1. Scope 3.1.3 moist room, n—a “walk-in” storage facility with
controlled temperature and relative humidity, commonly called
1.1 This specification includes requirements for mixing
a fog room when the prescribed relative humidity is achieved
rooms where paste and mortar specimens are prepared; and for
by the atomization of water.
moist cabinets, moist rooms, and water storage tanks where
paste, mortar, and concrete specimens are stored.
4. Requirements for Cement Mixing Rooms
1.2 Values in SI units shall be obtained by measurement in
4.1 The temperature of the air in the vicinity of the mixing
SI units or by appropriate conversion, using the Rules for
slab, molds, and base plates shall be maintained at 23.0 6 4.0
Conversion and rounding given in Standard IEEE/ASTM SI
°C and at a relative humidity of not less than 50 %.
10, of measurements made in other units.
4.2 The temperature of the mixing water used to prepare
1.3 This standard does not purport to address all of the
cement paste and mortar specimens shall be 23.0 6 2.0 °C.
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
5. Temperature Measuring Devices
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
5.1 Reference Temperature Measuring Device—used to
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
calibrate the temperature recorder, must be accurate and
readable to 0.5 ºC. A copy of the certificate or report which
2. Referenced Documents
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verifies the accuracy shall be available in the laboratory.
2.1 ASTM Standards:
C911 Specification for Quicklime, Hydrated Lime, and
NOTE 1—The ice-point method described in Test MethodE77 may be
Limestone for Chemical Uses used to ensure that no damage to the reference thermometer has occurred
during shipping.
E77 Test Methods for the Inspection and Verification of
Thermometers
5.2 Temperature Recorder—shall record temperatures every
IEEE/ASTM SI 10 Standard for Use of the International
15 min or less and shall be accurate and readable to 1 ºC. The
System of Units (SI): The Modern Metric System
datafromtherecordershallbeevaluatedataminimumofonce
each week. A record of this evaluation documenting the date
3. Terminology
checked, a confirmation that the data is within the required
3.1 Definitions:
temperature range, and the name of the individual performing
3.1.1 mixing room, n—a room with controlled temperature
this evaluation shall be maintained in the laboratory. (Note 2)
and relative humidity where cement paste and mortar speci-
NOTE 2—This requirement may be satisfied by an initialed and dated
mens are prepared.
temperature recorder chart. Brief changes in the temperature due to door
3.1.2 moist cabinet, n—a compartmented storage facility of
openings should be ignored.
moderate dimensions with controlled temperature and relative
5.2.1 The temperature recorder shall be calibrated at least
humidity.
every six months or whenever there is a question of accuracy.
5.2.1.1 For moist cabinets and rooms, position the reference
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee C01 on temperature measuring device in a readable position in air as
Cement and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee C01.95 on Coordination of
near as practical to the temperature recorder probe. Keep the
Standards.
door closed for at least 5 min prior to taking readings. Record
Current edition approved May 1, 2005. Published May 2005. Originally
the temperature readings of both the temperature recorder and
approved in 1968. Last previous edition approved in 2003 as C 511 – 03.
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For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
the reference temperature measuring device. When taking
contact ASTM Customer Service at [e-mail]. For Annual Book of ASTM
these readings, the reference temperature measuring device
Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
the ASTM website.
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