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ASTM E850-95(2007)

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Standard Practice for Use of Inorganic Process Wastes as Structural Fill

Standard Practice for Use of Inorganic Process Wastes as Structural Fill

SIGNIFICANCE AND USE
This practice is intended for inorganic process wastes that can be used as replacements for natural material such as soil or rock suitable for construction applications. Selection of appropriate and feasible fill materials and selection of applicable materials, tests, and specifications to facilitate construction and environmental protection are the responsibility of the design engineer. This practice is intended to encourage wider utilization of waste materials.
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1.1 This practice provides guidance for use of selected process wastes as structural fills by listing representative test methods for predicting and evaluating those physical characteristics of waste that are related to the integrity of fills and to protection of ground and surface waters.
1.2 Table 1 lists references which provide engineering practices and test procedures that may be applied to process waste for use as structural fill.
1.3 Some process wastes may produce leachate that exceeds environmentally acceptable limits. Special provisions are included to accommodate this class of materials (see 7.2).

General Information

Status
Historical
Publication Date
31-Jan-2007
ICS
13.030.50 - Recycling
Technical Committee
D34 - Waste Management
Drafting Committee
D34.03 - Treatment, Recovery and Reuse
Current Stage
Ref Project

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Replaces
ASTM E850-95(2002) - Standard Practice for Use of Inorganic Process Wastes as Structural Fill
Effective Date
01-Feb-2007
Replaced By
ASTM E850-10 - Standard Guide for Characterization of Inorganic Process Wastes for Use as Structural Fill (Withdrawn 2019)
Effective Date
01-Oct-2010
Referred By
ASTM E1266-20 - Standard Practice for Processing Mixtures of Lime, Fly Ash, and Heavy Metal Wastes in Structural Fills and Other Construction Applications
Effective Date
01-Feb-2007
Referred By
ASTM D5681-22e1 - Standard Terminology for Waste and Waste Management
Effective Date
01-Feb-2007

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Designation:E850–95 (Reapproved 2007)
Standard Practice for
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Use of Inorganic Process Wastes as Structural Fill
This standard is issued under the fixed designation E850; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision.Anumber in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.A
superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope D653 Terminology Relating to Soil, Rock, and Contained
Fluids
1.1 This practice provides guidance for use of selected
D698 Test Methods for Laboratory Compaction Character-
process wastes as structural fills by listing representative test
3
istics of Soil Using Standard Effort (12 400 ft-lbf/ft (600
methods for predicting and evaluating those physical charac-
3
kN-m/m ))
teristics of waste that are related to the integrity of fills and to
D854 Test Methods for Specific Gravity of Soil Solids by
protection of ground and surface waters.
Water Pycnometer
1.2 Table 1 lists references which provide engineering
D1140 Test Methods forAmount of Material in Soils Finer
practices and test procedures that may be applied to process
than No. 200 (75-µm) Sieve
waste for use as structural fill.
D1452 PracticeforSoilExplorationandSamplingbyAuger
1.3 Someprocesswastesmayproduceleachatethatexceeds
Borings
environmentally acceptable limits. Special provisions are in-
D1556 Test Method for Density and Unit Weight of Soil in
cluded to accommodate this class of materials (see 7.2).
Place by Sand-Cone Method
2. Referenced Documents
D1557 Test Methods for Laboratory Compaction Charac-
2
teristics of Soil Using Modified Effort (56,000 ft-lbf/
2.1 ASTM Standards:
3 3
ft (2,700 kN-m/m ))
C294 Descriptive Nomenclature for Constituents of Con-
D1586 Test Method for Penetration Test (SPT) and Split-
crete Aggregates
Barrel Sampling of Soils
C295 Guide for Petrographic Examination of Aggregates
D1587 PracticeforThin-WalledTubeSamplingofSoilsfor
for Concrete
Geotechnical Purposes
C593 SpecificationforFlyAshandOtherPozzolansforUse
D1633 Test Methods for Compressive Strength of Molded
With Lime for Soil Stabilization
Soil-Cement Cylinders
C821 Specification for Lime for Use with Pozzolans
D2049 Test Method for Relative Density of Cohesionless
D420 Guide to Site Characterization for Engineering De-
3
Soils
sign and Construction Purposes
D2166 Test Method for Unconfined Compressive Strength
D421 Practice for Dry Preparation of Soil Samples for
of Cohesive Soil
Particle-Size Analysis and Determination of Soil Con-
D2167 Test Method for Density and Unit Weight of Soil in
stants
Place by the Rubber Balloon Method
D422 Test Method for Particle-Size Analysis of Soils
D2216 Test Methods for Laboratory Determination of Wa-
D4318 Test Methods for Liquid Limit, Plastic Limit, and
ter (Moisture) Content of Soil and Rock by Mass
Plasticity Index of Soils
D2217 Practice for Wet Preparation of Soil Samples for
D559 Test Methods for Wetting and Drying Compacted
Particle-Size Analysis and Determination of Soil Con-
Soil-Cement Mixtures
stants
D560 Test Methods for Freezing and Thawing Compacted
D2434 Test Method for Permeability of Granular Soils
Soil-Cement Mixtures
(Constant Head)
D2487 Practice for Classification of Soils for Engineering
Purposes (Unified Soil Classification System)
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This practice is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D34 on Waste
D2488 Practice for Description and Identification of Soils
ManagementandisthedirectresponsibilityofSubcommitteeD34.03onTreatment,
(Visual-Manual Procedure)
Recovery and Reuse.
D2573 Test Method for Field Vane Shear Test in Cohesive
Current edition approved Feb. 1, 2007. Published March 2007. Originally
approvedin1982.Lastpreviouseditionapprovedin2002asE850–95(2002).DOI:
Soil
10.1520/E0850-95R07.
2
For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM
Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
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the ASTM website. Withdrawn; Replaced by D4253.
Copyright © ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, PO Box C700, West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959, United States.
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E850–95 (2007)
D2664 Test Method for Triaxial Compressive Strength of 3.5 fine material—materialfinerthanNo.200(75-µm)U.S.
Undrained Rock Core Specimens Without Pore Pressure standard sieve.
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Measurements 3.6 leachate—liquid that has percolated through or passed
D2850 Test Method for Unconsolidated-UndrainedTriaxial over a solid waste or other medium and contains dissolved or
Compression Test on Cohesive Soils suspended materials, or both, from the medium.
D2922 TestMethodsforDensityofSoilandSoil-Aggregate 3.7 process waste— inorganic by-product mate
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