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

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: 09-Jul-2003
• 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 C511-98 - Standard Specification for Moist Cabinets, Moist Rooms, and Water Storage Tanks Used in the Testing of Hydraulic Cements and Concretes
• Effective Date: 10-Jul-2003
• Replaced By: 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
• Effective Date: 01-May-2005
• Referred By: ASTM D8337/D8337M-21 - Standard Test Method for Evaluation of Bond Properties of FRP Composite Applied to Concrete Substrate using Single-Lap Shear Test
• Effective Date: 10-Jul-2003
• Referred By: ASTM C1074-19e1 - Standard Practice for Estimating Concrete Strength by the Maturity Method
• Effective Date: 10-Jul-2003
• Referred By: ASTM C1708/C1708M-19 - Standard Test Methods for Self-leveling Mortars Containing Hydraulic Cements
• Effective Date: 10-Jul-2003
• Referred By: ASTM C1707-18 - Standard Specification for Pozzolanic Hydraulic Lime for Structural Purposes
• Effective Date: 10-Jul-2003
• Referred By: ASTM C1713-23 - Standard Specification for Mortars for the Repair of Historic Masonry
• Effective Date: 10-Jul-2003
• Referred By: ASTM C887-20 - Standard Specification for Packaged, Dry, Combined Materials for Surface Bonding Mortar
• Effective Date: 10-Jul-2003
• Referred By: ASTM C1038/C1038M-19 - Standard Test Method for Expansion of Hydraulic Cement Mortar Bars Stored in Water
• Effective Date: 10-Jul-2003
• 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: 10-Jul-2003
• Referred By: ASTM C1928/C1928M-23 - Standard Test Method for Compressive Strength of Alkali Activated Cementitious Material Mortars (Using 2-in. [50 mm] Cube Specimens)
• Effective Date: 10-Jul-2003
• Referred By: ASTM C807-21 - Standard Test Method for Time of Setting of Hydraulic Cement Mortar by Modified Vicat Needle
• Effective Date: 10-Jul-2003
• Referred By: ASTM C631-09(2020) - Standard Specification for Bonding Compounds for Interior Gypsum Plastering
• Effective Date: 10-Jul-2003
• Referred By: ASTM C305-20 - Standard Practice for Mechanical Mixing of Hydraulic Cement Pastes and Mortars of Plastic Consistency
• Effective Date: 10-Jul-2003
• Referred By: ASTM C796/C796M-19 - Standard Test Method for Foaming Agents for Use in Producing Cellular Concrete Using Preformed Foam
• Effective Date: 10-Jul-2003

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation: C 511 – 03
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
Conversion and rounding given in Standard IEEE/ASTM SI
4.0°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. Requirements for Moist Cabinets and Moist Rooms
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
5.1 General—The atmosphere in a moist cabinet or moist
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
room shall have a temperature of 23.0 6 2.0°C and a relative
humidityofnotlessthan95 %.Themoistureintheatmosphere
2. Referenced Documents
shall be saturated to the degree needed to ensure that the
2.1 ASTM Standards:
exposed surfaces of all specimens in storage will both look
C 911 Specification for Quicklime, Hydrated Lime, and
2 moist and feel moist at all times. All moist cabinets and moist
Limestone for Chemical Uses
rooms shall be equipped with recording thermometers. The
E 77 Test Methods for the Inspection and Verification of
3 recording thermometer shall be calibrated at least every six
Thermometers
months or whenever there is a question of accuracy. Perform
IEEE/ASTM SI 10 Standard for Use of the International
4 the verification of the recording thermometer by comparing the
System of Units (SI): The Modern Metric System
temperature reading of the recording thermometer with the
3. Terminology temperature reading of a reference thermometer during the
normal operation of the moist cabinet or moist room. The
3.1 Definitions:
thermometer used as the reference thermometer must be
3.1.1 mixing room, n—a room with controlled temperature
accurate and readable to 0.5°C. A copy of the certificate or
and relative humidity where cement paste and mortar speci-
report which verifies the accuracy shall be available in the
mens are prepared.
laboratory (Note 1). Position the reference thermometer in a
3.1.2 moist cabinet, n—a compartmented storage facility of
readable position in air as near as is practical to the recording
moderate dimensions with controlled temperature and relative
temperature probe. Keep the door to the moist cabinet or moist
humidity.
room closed for at least 5 min prior to taking readings. Record
the temperatures of both the recording thermometer and the
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee C01 on reference thermometer. When taking these readings, the refer-
Cement and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee C01.95 on Coordination of
ence thermometer shall remain in the moist cabinet or moist
Standards.
room and be read immediately upon opening the door. If the
Current edition approved July 10, 2003. Published September 2003. Originally
difference between the two temperatures is greater than 1°C,
approved in 1968. Last previous edition approved in 1998 as C 511 – 98.
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 04.01.
the recording thermometer shall be adjusted to within 0.5°C of
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 14.03.
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 14.02.
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C511–03
the reference thermometer. The use of humidity recording
devices is optional. Shelves on which fresh specimens are
placed shall be level.
NOTE 1—The ice-point method describe in Test Method E 77
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