ASTM C896-99

Standard Terminology Relating to Clay Products

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 09-Jan-2002
• ICS: 01.040.91 - Construction materials and building (Vocabularies)
• ICS: 91.100.15 - Mineral materials and products
• Technical Committee: C04 - Vitrified Clay Pipe
• Drafting Committee: C04.10 - Editorial

Relations

• Replaced By: ASTM C896-02 - Standard Terminology Relating to Clay Products
• Effective Date: 10-Jan-2002
• Referred By: ASTM C1283-15(2021) - Standard Practice for Installing Clay Flue Lining
• Effective Date: 10-Jan-2002
• Referred By: ASTM C828-23 - Standard Test Method for Low-Pressure Air Test of Vitrified Clay Pipe Lines
• Effective Date: 10-Jan-2002
• Referred By: ASTM C700-18(2022) - Standard Specification for Vitrified Clay Pipe, Extra Strength, Standard Strength, and Perforated
• Effective Date: 10-Jan-2002
• Referred By: ASTM E2266-22 - Standard Guide for Design and Construction of Low-Rise Frame Building Wall Systems to Resist Water Intrusion
• Effective Date: 10-Jan-2002
• Referred By: ASTM C1091-03a(2022) - Standard Test Method for Hydrostatic Infiltration Testing of Vitrified Clay Pipe Lines
• Effective Date: 10-Jan-2002
• Referred By: ASTM C425-22 - Standard Specification for Compression Joints for Vitrified Clay Pipe and Fittings
• Effective Date: 10-Jan-2002
• Referred By: ASTM C159-06(2021) - Standard Specification for Vitrified Clay Filter Blocks
• Effective Date: 10-Jan-2002
• Referred By: ASTM C12-22a - Standard Practice for Installing Vitrified Clay Pipe Lines
• Effective Date: 10-Jan-2002
• Referred By: ASTM C1208/C1208M-18(2022) - Standard Specification for Vitrified Clay Pipe and Joints for Use in Microtunneling, Sliplining, Pipe Bursting, and Tunnels
• Effective Date: 10-Jan-2002
• Referred By: ASTM C301-18(2022) - Standard Test Methods for Vitrified Clay Pipe
• Effective Date: 10-Jan-2002
• Referred By: ASTM C315-07(2021) - Standard Specification for Clay Flue Liners and Chimney Pots
• Effective Date: 10-Jan-2002
• Referred By: ASTM C4-04(2018) - Standard Specification for Clay Drain Tile and Perforated Clay Drain Tile
• Effective Date: 10-Jan-2002

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation: C 896 – 99
Standard Terminology Relating to
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Clay Products
This standard is issued under the fixed designation C 896; 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. Referenced Documents when fired to a sufficiently high temperature.
closure—See compression joint.
1.1 ASTM Standards:
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compaction—mechanical or hydraulic consolidation of back-
C 301 Test Methods for Vitrified Clay Pipe
fill to achieve stability.
C 700 Specification for Vitrified Clay Pipe, Extra Strength,
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compression coupling—See compression joint.
Standard Strength, and Perforated
compression disk—a disk of compressible material placed
2. Terminology
between the ends of adjacent pipe for the purpose of
distributing the jacking force.
approving authority—the individual official, board, depart-
compression joint—a joint designed so that a sealing action is
ment, or agency established and authorized by a state,
obtained by compressing elastomeric components.
county, city, or other political subdivision, created by law to
conduit—a pipe for conveying fluid.
administer and enforce specified requirements.
consolidation—the gradual reduction in volume of backfill
backfill—all the material used to fill the trench from bedding
matter to achieve stability.
to finished surface.
constant weight—the condition of a substance in which all
backfill, final—material used to fill the trench from initial
volatile components have been vaporized, and repeated
backfill to finished surface.
exposure to a specified temperature, for any period of time,
backfill, initial—material used to fill the trench from top of
causes no change in weight.
bedding to a designated height over the pipe.
controlled low strength material (CLSM)—flowable low
backfill, unconsolidated—non-compacted material in place in
compressive strength cementitious material used in the pipe
the trench.
zone as a bedding material. Also referred to as controlled
barrel—the cylindrical portion of a vitrified clay pipe exclu-
density fill, flowable fill, slurry, or lean concrete.
sive of branches, spurs, joints, and handling rings or lugs.
crack—an irregular separation with well-defined sharp edges
bearing strength—the non-destructive limit of pipe load, as
visible on the surface of a pipe.
determined by 3-edge bearing test method, used to determine
deadload—the load imposed on pipe, that is determined by
field supporting strength.
depth and width of the trench at top of pipe, as well as unit
bedding—the materials, their placement, consolidation, and
weight and character of backfill material.
configuration, as designed to support, and to develop field
drains—a piping system used to collect and carry off surface
supporting strength of vitrified clay pipe.
and ground water.
bell—the flared-end portion of a vitrified clay pipe or fitting,
encasement—special materials, their placement and configu-
designed to function in the joining of other such pipe.
ration which are designed to fully surround the pipe, and
beveled pipe—a pipe with an end angled to mate with a
develop a field supporting strength which exceeds that
complimentary pipe end or adjust to another surface.
developed by other commonly used installation and bedding
blister—a convex, raised area on the pipe surface indicating an
techniques.
internal separation.
exfiltration—the quality of water leaving the test section
body—See pipe body.
during a specified time period.
chip—a small piece of broken-off material, or the location
face—to cover with a new surface.
where a small piece of the unit material has been broken off.
filter block—a cellular vitrified clay block unit, of proprietary
clay—an earthy or stony mineral aggregate consisting essen-
configuration, designed to underbed the media in trickling
tially of hydrous silicates of alumina, plastic when suffi-
filters.
ciently pulverized and wetted, rigid when dry, and vitreous
fire clay—a sedimentary clay of low-flux content.
fitting—products such as wyes, tees, elbows, adapters, etc.
1 used in the installation of vitrified clay pipelines.
This terminology is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee C-4 on Vitrified
Clay Pipe and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee C04.10 on Editorial. flooding—a means of compacting trench backfill by the
Current edition approved April 10, 1999. Published July 1999. Originally
introduction of water by gravity.
published as C 896 – 78. Last previous edition C 896 – 98a.
flue lining—a manufactured tubular non-load bearing fired
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