ASTM C387/C387M-09
(Specification)Standard Specification for Packaged, Dry, Combined Materials for Mortar and Concrete
Standard Specification for Packaged, Dry, Combined Materials for Mortar and Concrete
ABSTRACT
This specification covers the production, properties, packaging, and testing of packaged, dry, combined materials for concrete and mortars. Concrete mixtures covered by this specification includes high-early strength concrete, normal strength concrete, normal weight concrete, high-strength mortar, and mortars for unit masonry. The purchaser shall specify the material desired as concrete, high strength mortar, or mortar for use with unit masonry, and the respective physical requirements. Materials used as ingredients in packaged, dry, combined materials for mortar and concrete shall be composed of aggregates, air-entraining admixtures, blended cement, chemical admixtures, fly ash, ground granulated blast-furnace slag, hydrated lime, latex and powder polymer modifiers, masonry cement, mortar cement, Portland cement, and silica fume. All aggregates shall be dried, without disintegration, to specific moisture content The proportions of cementitious material and aggregate shall be such that the strength requirements will be met. Packaged, dry, combined materials for concrete, high strength mortar and mortar for use with unit masonry shall conform to the respective compressive strength requirements. Scales conforming to the standards will be used for sampling concretes from a single batch using a sufficient quantity. A slump test will be performed to check if additional water is required. In sampling mortar, the contents of an entire package of dry, combined material for mortar for unit masonry or for concrete mortar shall be used. Mortar mixing equipment, which must be provided with a bowl positioning adapter, shall be used to ensure clearance for the largest size aggregate in the mix being tested. The specification includes the following testing methods for mortar: compressive strength, density and yield, air content, and water retention.
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1.1 This specification covers the production, properties, packaging, and testing of packaged, dry, combined materials for concrete and mortars. The classifications of concrete and mortar covered are defined in Section 3.
1.2 The values stated in either SI units or inch-pound units are to be regarded separately as standard. The values stated in each system may not be exact equivalents; therefore, each system shall be used independently of the other. Combining values from the two systems may result in non-conformance with the standard.
1.3 The following safety hazards caveat pertains only to the test method portion of this specification. 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.
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Designation: C387/C387M – 09
Standard Specification for
Packaged, Dry, Combined Materials for Mortar and
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Concrete
This standard is issued under the fixed designation C387/C387M; 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 (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope* C125 Terminology Relating to Concrete and Concrete Ag-
gregates
1.1 This specification covers the production, properties,
C138/C138M Test Method for Density (Unit Weight),
packaging, and testing of packaged, dry, combined materials
Yield, and Air Content (Gravimetric) of Concrete
for concrete and mortars. The classifications of concrete and
C143/C143M Test Method for Slump of Hydraulic-Cement
mortar covered are defined in Section 3.
Concrete
1.2 The values stated in either SI units or inch-pound units
C144 Specification for Aggregate for Masonry Mortar
are to be regarded separately as standard. The values stated in
C150 Specification for Portland Cement
each system may not be exact equivalents; therefore, each
C173/C173M Test Method for Air Content of Freshly
system shall be used independently of the other. Combining
Mixed Concrete by the Volumetric Method
values from the two systems may result in non-conformance
C185 Test Method for Air Content of Hydraulic Cement
with the standard.
Mortar
1.3 The following safety hazards caveat pertains only to the
C192/C192M Practice for Making and Curing Concrete
testmethodportionofthisspecification.Thisstandarddoesnot
Test Specimens in the Laboratory
purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated
C207 Specification for Hydrated Lime for Masonry Pur-
with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard
poses
to establish appropriate safety and health practices and
C231 Test Method for Air Content of Freshly Mixed Con-
determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to
crete by the Pressure Method
use.
C260 Specification for Air-Entraining Admixtures for Con-
2. Referenced Documents crete
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C270 Specification for Mortar for Unit Masonry
2.1 ASTM Standards:
C305 Practice for Mechanical Mixing of Hydraulic Cement
C33 Specification for Concrete Aggregates
Pastes and Mortars of Plastic Consistency
C39/C39M Test Method for Compressive Strength of Cy-
C330 Specification for Lightweight Aggregates for Struc-
lindrical Concrete Specimens
tural Concrete
C91 Specification for Masonry Cement
C494/C494M Specification for Chemical Admixtures for
C109/C109M Test Method for Compressive Strength of
Concrete
Hydraulic Cement Mortars (Using 2-in. or [50-mm] Cube
C566 Test Method for Total Evaporable Moisture Content
Specimens)
of Aggregate by Drying
C595 Specification for Blended Hydraulic Cements
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee C09 on
C618 Specification for Coal Fly Ash and Raw or Calcined
Concrete and ConcreteAggregates and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee
Natural Pozzolan for Use in Concrete
C09.43 on Packaged Dry Combined Materials.
C702 Practice for Reducing Samples of Aggregate to Test-
Current edition approved Feb. 1, 2009. Published February 2009. Originally
approved in 1956. Last previous edition approved in 2008 as C387/C387M – 08.
ing Size
DOI: 10.1520/C0387_C0387M-09.
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