ASTM C260/C260M-10a

Standard Specification for Air-Entraining Admixtures for Concrete

ABSTRACT
This specification covers materials proposed for use as air-entraining admixtures to be added to concrete mixtures in the field. The air-entraining admixture shall conform to the requirements such as initial and final time of setting, compressive strength, flexural strength, and length change (maximum shrinkage). Samples shall either be a grab sample (one obtained in a single operation) or a composite sample (one obtained by combining three or more grab samples). For the purpose of this specification, it is recognized that samples shall be taken for quality tests and uniformity tests.
SCOPE
1.1 This specification covers materials proposed for use as air-entraining admixtures to be added to concrete mixtures in the field.
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 text of this specification references notes and footnotes which provide explanatory material. These notes and footnotes (excluding those in tables and figures) shall not be considered as requirements of the standard.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 14-Dec-2010
• ICS: 91.100.30 - Concrete and concrete products
• Technical Committee: C09 - Concrete and Concrete Aggregates
• Drafting Committee: C09.23 - Chemical Admixtures

Relations

• Replaces: ASTM C260-10 - Standard Specification for Air-Entraining Admixtures for Concrete
• Effective Date: 15-Dec-2010
• Referred By: ASTM C14M-20 - Standard Specification for Nonreinforced Concrete Sewer, Storm Drain, and Culvert Pipe (Metric)
• Effective Date: 15-Dec-2010
• Referred By: ASTM C387/C387M-23 - Standard Specification for Packaged, Dry, Combined Materials for Concrete and High Strength Mortar
• Effective Date: 15-Dec-2010
• Referred By: ASTM C913-21 - Standard Specification for Precast Concrete Water and Wastewater Structures
• Effective Date: 15-Dec-2010
• Referred By: ASTM C14-20 - Standard Specification for Nonreinforced Concrete Sewer, Storm Drain, and Culvert Pipe
• Effective Date: 15-Dec-2010
• Referred By: ASTM C1804-20 - Standard Specification for Spun Cast Prestressed Concrete Bases for Tapered Steel Lighting Poles
• Effective Date: 15-Dec-2010
• Referred By: ASTM C1504-20 - Standard Specification for Manufacture of Precast Reinforced Concrete Three-Sided Structures for Culverts and Storm Drains
• Effective Date: 15-Dec-2010
• Referred By: ASTM C361-22 - Standard Specification for Reinforced Concrete Low-Head Pressure Pipe
• Effective Date: 15-Dec-2010
• Referred By: ASTM C915-79(2018) - Standard Specification for Precast Reinforced Concrete Crib Wall Members
• Effective Date: 15-Dec-2010
• 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: 15-Dec-2010
• Referred By: ASTM C654-19 - Standard Specification for Porous Concrete Pipe
• Effective Date: 15-Dec-2010
• Referred By: ASTM C1622/C1622M-10(2016)e1 - Standard Specification for Cold-Weather Admixture Systems
• Effective Date: 15-Dec-2010
• Referred By: ASTM C935-19 - Standard Specification for General Requirements for Prestressed Concrete Poles Statically Cast
• Effective Date: 15-Dec-2010
• Referred By: ASTM C1846/C1846M-19 - Standard Specification for Performance Based Manufacture of Reinforced Concrete Culvert, Storm Drain, and Sewer Pipe
• Effective Date: 15-Dec-2010
• Referred By: ASTM C506-22a - Standard Specification for Reinforced Concrete Arch Culvert, Storm Drain, and Sewer Pipe
• Effective Date: 15-Dec-2010

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation: C260/C260M −10a
StandardSpecification for
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Air-Entraining Admixtures for Concrete
This standard is issued under the fixed designation C260/C260M; 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* use in the work is essentially identical in concentration,
composition, and performance to the air-entraining admixture
1.1 This specification covers materials proposed for use as
tested under this specification.
air-entraining admixtures to be added to concrete mixtures in
the field.
NOTE 1—It is recommended that, whenever practicable, tests with the
air-entraining admixture be made using all of the ingredients of the
1.2 The values stated in either SI units or inch-pound units
concrete proposed for the specific work, because the effect produced by
are to be regarded separately as standard. The values stated in
the air-entraining admixture may vary with the properties of the other
each system may not be exact equivalents; therefore, each
ingredients of the concrete.
system shall be used independently of the other. Combining
4.2 Requirements for establishing compositional or chemi-
values from the two systems may result in non-conformance
cal equivalence of a subsequent lot relative to a previous lot
with the standard.
thatwassubjectedtoqualitytestsandfoundtocomplywiththe
1.3 The text of this specification references notes and
requirements of 5.1 shall be determined if agreed upon by the
footnotes which provide explanatory material. These notes and
purchaser and the manufacturer. At the request of the
footnotes (excluding those in tables and figures) shall not be
purchaser, the manufacturer shall recommend appropriate test
considered as requirements of the standard.
procedures, such as infrared spectrophotometry (I.R.), pH
value and solids content, for establishing the equivalence of
2. Referenced Documents
materials from different lots or different portions of the same
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2.1 ASTM Standards: lot.
C183 Practice for Sampling and the Amount of Testing of
NOTE 2—Ultraviolet light absorption (UV) of solutions and infrared
Hydraulic Cement
spectroscopy of dried residues have been found to be valuable for these
C185 Test Method for Air Content of Hydraulic Cement
purposes. The specific procedures to be employed and the criteria to
Mortar establish equivalence should be stipulated with due regard to the compo-
sition and properties of the sample.
C233 Test Method for Air-Entraining Admixtures for Con-
crete
4.3 At the request of the purchaser, the manufacturer shall
state in writing the chloride content of the air-entraining
3. Terminology
admixture and whether or not chloride was added during its
3.1 Definitions of Terms Specific to This Standard:
manufacture.
3.1.1 air-entraining admixture, n—for the purpose of this
NOTE3—Admixturesthatcontainchloridesmayacceleratecorrosionof
specification, a material that is used as an ingredient of
embedded metals.
concrete, added to the batch immediately before or during its
mixing, for the purpose of entraining air.
5. Optional Uniformity Requirements
4. General Requirements
5.1 A series of two or more samples from a manufacturing
lot will be considered sufficiently uniform to be properly
4.1 At the request of the purchaser, the manufacturer shall
composited into a single sample for quality testing provided
state in writing that the air-entraining admixture supplied for
they do not differ more than the amounts indicated in 5.4.
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee C09 on
5.2 A subsequent sample or composite sample shall be
Concrete and Concrete Aggregatesand is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee
considered in compliance with these requirements, so long as
C09.23 on Chemical Admixtures.
they differ from the reference sample by no more than the
Current edition approved Dec. 15, 2010. Published January 2011. Originally
amounts listed in 5.4. The reference sample is the original
approved in 1950. Last previous edition approved in 2006 as C260–10. DOI:
10.1520/C0260_C0260M-10a.
sample tested to meet the requirements of 6.1. Any additional
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optional, appropriate tests, such as infrared spectroscopy and
contact ASTM Customer Service at [e-mail]. For Annual Book of ASTM
ultraviolet light absorption, referred to in 4.2, also shall meet
Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
the ASTM website. pre-agreed requirements.
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Designation:C260–10 Designation: C260/C260M – 10a
Standard Specification for
1
Air-Entraining Admixtures for Concrete
This standard is issued under the fixed designation C260/C260M; 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.
This standard has been approved for use by agencies of the Department of Defense.
1. Scope*
1.1 This specification covers materials proposed for use as air-entraining admixtures to be added to concrete mixtures in the
field.
1.2The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as the standard. The values given in parentheses are for information only.
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 text of this specification references notes and footnotes which provide explanatory material. These notes and footnotes
(excluding those in tables and figures) shall not be considered as requirements of the standard.
2. Referenced Documents
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
C183 Practice for Sampling and the Amount of Testing of Hydraulic Cement
C185 Test Method for Air Content of Hydraulic Cement Mortar
C233 Test Method for Air-Entraining Admixtures for Concrete
3. Terminology
3.1 Definitions of Terms Specific to This Standard:
3.1.1 air-entraining admixture, n—for the purpose of this specification, a material that is used as an ingredient of concrete,
added to the batch immediately before or during its mixing, for the purpose of entraining air.
4. General Requirements
4.1 At the request of the purchaser, the manufacturer shall state in writing that the air-entraining admixture supplied for use in
the work is essentially identical in concentration, composition, and performance to the air-entraining admixture tested under this
specification.
NOTE 1—It is recommended that, whenever practicable, tests with the air-entraining admixture be made using all of the ingredients of the concrete
proposed for the specific work, because the effect produced by the air-entraining admixture may vary with the properties of the other ingredients of the
concrete.
4.2 Requirements for establishing compositional or chemical equivalence of a subsequent lot relative to a previous lot that was
subjected to quality tests and found to comply with the requirements of 5.1 shall be determined if agreed upon by the purchaser
and the manufacturer. At the request of the purchaser, the manufacturer shall recommend appropriate test procedures, such as
infrared spectrophotometry (I.R.), pH value and solids content, for establishing the equivalence of materials from different lots or
different portions of the same lot.
NOTE 2—Ultraviolet light absorption (UV) of solutions and infrared spectroscopy of dried residues have been found to be valuable for these purposes.
The specific procedures to be employed and the criteria to establish equivalence should be stipulated with due regard to the composition and properties
of the sample.
4.3 At the request of the purchaser, the manufacturer shall state in writing the chloride content of the air-entraining admixture
and whether or not chloride was added during its manufacture.
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee C09 on Concrete and Concrete Aggregates and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee C09.23 on
Chemical Admixtures.
Current edition approved Dec. 15, 2010. Published January 2011. Originally approved in 1950. Last previous edition approved in 2006 as C260–06.C260–10. DOI:
10.1520/C0260_C0260M-10a.
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volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on the ASTM website.
*ASummary of Changes section appears at the end of this standard.
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NOTE 3—Admixtures that contain chlorides may accelerate corrosion of embedded metals.
5. Optional Uniformity Requirements
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