ASTM C778-02

Standard Specification for Standard Sand

SCOPE
1.1 This specification covers standard sand for use in the testing of hydraulic cements.
1.2 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as the standard.
1.3 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 IEEE/ASTM SI 10, of measurements made in other units.
1.4 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-Dec-2002
• ICS: 91.100.15 - Mineral materials and products
• Technical Committee: C01 - Cement
• Drafting Committee: C01.95 - Coordination of Standards

Relations

• Replaces: ASTM C778-00 - Standard Specification for Standard Sand
• Effective Date: 10-Dec-2002
• Replaced By: ASTM C778-06 - Standard Specification for Standard Sand
• Effective Date: 15-May-2006
• Referred By: ASTM C1329/C1329M-23 - Standard Specification for Mortar Cement
• Effective Date: 10-Dec-2002
• Referred By: ASTM C311/C311M-22 - Standard Test Methods for Sampling and Testing Fly Ash or Natural Pozzolans for Use in Portland-Cement Concrete
• Effective Date: 10-Dec-2002
• Referred By: ASTM C806-18 - Standard Test Method for Restrained Expansion of Expansive Cement Mortar
• Effective Date: 10-Dec-2002
• Referred By: ASTM C884/C884M-23 - Standard Test Method for Thermal Compatibility Between Concrete and an Epoxy-Resin Overlay
• Effective Date: 10-Dec-2002
• Referred By: ASTM C110-20 - Standard Test Methods for Physical Testing of Quicklime, Hydrated Lime, and Limestone
• Effective Date: 10-Dec-2002
• Referred By: ASTM C156-20 - Standard Test Method for Water Loss [from a Mortar Specimen] Through Liquid Membrane-Forming Curing Compounds for Concrete
• Effective Date: 10-Dec-2002
• Referred By: ASTM D4383-21 - Standard Specification for Plowable, Raised Retroreflective Pavement Markers
• Effective Date: 10-Dec-2002
• Referred By: ASTM C1439-19 - Standard Test Methods for Evaluating Latex and Powder Polymer Modifiers for use in Hydraulic Cement Concrete and Mortar
• Effective Date: 10-Dec-2002
• Referred By: ASTM C10/C10M-19 - Standard Specification for Natural Cement
• Effective Date: 10-Dec-2002
• Referred By: ASTM D3319-11(2017) - Standard Practice for the Accelerated Polishing of Aggregates Using the British Wheel
• Effective Date: 10-Dec-2002
• Referred By: ASTM E518/E518M-22 - Standard Test Methods for Flexural Bond Strength of Masonry
• Effective Date: 10-Dec-2002
• Referred By: ASTM C452-21 - Standard Test Method for Potential Expansion of Portland-Cement Mortars Exposed to Sulfate
• Effective Date: 10-Dec-2002
• Referred By: ASTM C1810/C1810M-22 - Standard Guide for Comparing Performance of Concrete-Making Materials Using Mortar Mixtures
• Effective Date: 10-Dec-2002

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation: C 778 – 02
Standard Specification for
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Standard Sand
This standard is issued under the fixed designation C 778; 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.
This standard has been approved for use by agencies of the Department of Defense.
1. Scope IEEE/ASTM SI 10 Standard for Use of the International
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System of Units (SI): The Modern Metric System
1.1 This specification covers standard sand for use in the
testing of hydraulic cements.
3. Terminology
1.2 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as the
3.1 Definitions of Terms Specific to This Standard:
standard.
3.1.1 20–30 sand, n—standard sand, predominantly graded
1.3 Values in SI units shall be obtained by measurement in
to pass a 850-µm (No. 20) sieve and be retained on a 600-µm
SI units or by appropriate conversion, using the Rules for
(No. 30) sieve.
Conversion and Rounding given in IEEE/ASTM SI 10, of
3.1.2 graded sand, n—standard sand, predominantly graded
measurements made in other units.
between the 600-µm (No. 30) sieve and the 150-µm (No. 100)
1.4 This standard does not purport to address all of the
sieve.
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
3.1.3 standard sand, n—silica sand, composed almost en-
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
tirely of naturally rounded grains of nearly pure quartz, used
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
for preparing mortars in the testing of hydraulic cements.
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
4. Requirements
2. Referenced Documents
4.1 Sand shall meet the requirements ofTable 1 with respect
2.1 ASTM Standards:
to grading, source of sand, and absence of undesirable air
C 109/C 109M Test Method for Compressive Strength of
entraining characteristics.
Hydraulic Cement Mortars (Using 2-in. or [50-mm] Cube
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Specimens)
METHODS OF SAMPLING AND TESTING
C 127 Test Method for Specific Gravity and Absorption of
STANDARD SANDS
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Coarse Aggregate
C 136 Test Method for Sieve Analysis of Fine and Coarse
5. Apparatus
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Aggregates
5.1 Sieves—The sieves shall be standard 203-mm (8–in.)
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C 150 Specification for Portland Cement
diameter, full-height, wire-cloth sieves, conforming to the
C 185 Test Method for Air Content of Hydraulic Cement
requirements of Specification E 11, and of the following sizes:
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Mortar
1.18-mm (No. 16) 425-µm (No. 40)
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C 595 Specification for Blended Hydraulic Cements
850-µm (No. 20) 300-µm (No. 50)
C 702 Practice for Reducing Samples of Aggregate to 600-µm (No. 30) 150-µm (No. 100)
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Testing Size
5.2 Sample Splitter—The sample splitter shall be of the
C 1005 Specification for Reference Masses and Devices for
riffle type and shall have an even number of equal-width chutes
Determining Mass for Use in the Physical Testing of
that alternately discharge in opposite directions. The device
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Hydraulic Cements
shall have no fewer than eight chutes having a maximum
E 11 Specification for Wire-Cloth and Sieves for Testing
opening no greater than 13 mm, and a minimum opening at
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Purposes
least three times the diameter of the largest particle of sand in
a sample to be split. It shall be equipped with a hopper or
straightedged pan by which a sample may be fed to the chutes
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee C01 on
at a controlled rate, and two receptacles to hold the two halves
Cement and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee C01.95 on Coordination of
Standards.
Current edition approved Dec. 10, 2002. Published January 2003. Originally
approved in 1974. Last previous edition approved in 2000 as C 778 – 00.
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C778–02
TABLE 1 Standard Sand Requirements
Dry the sand to constant mass in an oven at 110°C. Cool and
Characteristics 20-30 Sand Graded Sand adjustthequantityofdrysandtotheamountrequiredforatest.
Prepare two batches of each of “washed” and as “as received”
Grading, percent passing sieve:
1.18 mm (No. 16) 100 100
sandfortestfollowingtheproceduresinTestMethodC 185for
850 µm (No. 20) 85 to 100
20–30 sand or Test Method C 109/C 109M for graded sand.
600 µm (No. 30) 0 to 5 96 to 100
8.1.2 Tests for air-entraining potential of a standard sand
425 µm (No. 40) 65 to 75
300 µm (No. 50) 20 to 30
shall be made on a single day by a si
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