Research Laboratory Testing

Aggregate Testing

Aggregate Testing
  • C29 Unit Weight and Voids in Aggregate
  • C40 Organic Impurities in Fine Aggregates for Concrete
  • C70 Surface Moisture in Fine Aggregate
  • C87 Organic Impurities in Fine Aggregates on Strength, Effects of
  • C88 Soundness of Aggregates by use of Sodium Sulfate or Magnesium Sulfate
  • C117 Materials Finer than No.200 sieve in Mineral Aggregates by Washing
  • C123 Light Weight Pieces in Aggregates
  • C127 Specific Gravity and Absorption of Coarse Aggregate
  • C128 Specific Gravity and Absorption of Fine Aggregate
  • C131 Degradation of small-Size Coarse Aggregate by the L.A Abrasion Machine
  • C136 Sieve Analysis of Fine and Coarse Aggregate
  • C142 Clay Lumps and Friable Particles
  • C227 Alkali Reactivity of Cement Aggregate Comb. (aggregate by customer)
  • C566 Moisture Content, Total, of Aggregates by Drying
  • C641 Staining Materials in Lightweight Concrete Aggregates
  • C1252 Void Content, Uncompacted, of Fine Aggregate
  • C1260 Potential Alkali Reactivity of Aggregates (Mortar Bar Method)
  • C1293 Determination of Length Change of Concrete Due to Alkali-Silica Reaction
  • C1777 Methylene Blue Test for Aggregate
  • D2419 Sand Equivalent Value of Soils and Fine Aggregate
  • D4791 Test Method for Flat Elongated Particles in Coarse Aggregate
  • D4972 pH of Soils

Concrete Testing

Concrete Testing
  • Trial batch Concrete mix design (slump, air, density, compressive strength)
  • C31 Concrete Test Specimens, Making and Curing in the Field
  • C39 Compressive Strength of Cylindrical Concrete Specimens
  • C42 Drilled Cores and Sawed Beams of Concrete, Obtaining and testing
  • C78 Flexural Strength of Concrete (Simple Beam, Third Point Loading)
  • C138 Density (Unit Weight), Yield, and Air Content (Gravimetric) of Concrete
  • C143 Slump of Hydraulic Cement Concrete
  • C157 Length Change of Hardened Hydraulic-Cement Mortar and Concrete
  • C172 Sampling Freshly Mixed Concrete
  • C173 Air Content of Freshly Mixed Concrete by the Volumetric Method
  • C192 Concrete Test Specimens, Making and Curing in the Laboratory
  • C215 Transverse, Longitudinal, and Torsional Frequencies of Concrete Specimens
  • C231 Air Content of Freshly Mixed Concrete by the Pressure Method
  • C232 Bleeding of Concrete
  • C233 Air-Entraining Admixtures for Concrete
  • C341 Length Change of Drilled or Sawed Specimens of Mortar and Concrete
  • C403 Time of Setting of Concrete Mixtures by Penetration Resistance
  • C441 Effectiveness of Mineral Admixtures or Ground Blast-Furnace Slag in Preventing Excessive Expansion of Concrete Due to Alkali-Silica Reaction
  • C457 Microscopical Analysis of Air-Void System in Hardened Concrete
  • C469 Static Modulus of Elasticity and Poisson’s Ratio of Concrete in Compression
  • C494 Specification for Chemical Admixtures for Concrete
  • C496 Splitting Tensile Strength of Cylindrical Concrete Specimens
  • C567 Equilibrium Aggregate Density
  • C617 Capping Cylindrical Concrete Specimens
  • C642 Specific Gravity, Absorption, and Voids in Hardened Concrete
  • C666 Resistance of Concrete to Rapid Freeze Thaw per specimen
  • C672 Surface scaling
  • C805 Rebound Number of Hardened Concrete
  • C873 Compressive Strength of Cylinders Cast in Place in Cylindrical Molds
  • C900 Pullout Strength of Hardened Concrete
  • C1064 Temperature of Freshly Mixed Portland-Cement Concrete
  • C1074 Strength by Maturity
  • C1152 Acid-Soluble Chloride in Mortar and Concrete
  • C1218 Water Soluble Chloride
  • C1202 Electrical Indication of Concrete’s Ability to Resist Chloride Ion Penetration
  • C1556 Apparent Chloride Diffusion of Cementitious Mixtures by Bulk Diffusion
  • C1567 ASR Mortar Bar Test (Cementitious Combinations) – see 1260 for other
  • C1585 Rate of Absorption of Water by Concrete (Sorptivity test)
  • C1610 Static Segregation of Self-Consolidating Concrete Using Column Technique
  • C1611 Slump Flow of Self-Consolidating Concrete
  • C1621 Passing Ability of Self-Consolidating Concrete by J-Ring
  • C1876 Bulk Electrical Resistivity

Cement Testing

Cement Testing
  • Trial Batch Mortar Mix (flow, compressive strength)
  • C109 Compressive Strength of Hydraulic Cement Mortars (2-in Cube Specimens)
  • C184 Fineness of Hydraulic Cement by the No. 100 and No. 200 Sieves
  • C185 Air Content of Hydraulic Cement Mortar
  • C187 Normal Consistency of Hydraulic Cement
  • C188 Density of Hydraulic Cement
  • C191 Time of Setting of Hydraulic Cement by Vicat Needle
  • C311 SAI, density, LOI, fineness, water req.
  • C359 Early Stiffening of Portland Cement (Mortar Method)
  • C430 Fineness of Hydraulic Cement by the No. 325 Sieve
  • C451 Early Stiffening of Portland Cement (Paste Method)
  • C563 Optimum SO3 in Hydraulic Cement Using 24-h Compressive Strength
  • C596 Drying Shrinkage of Mortar Containing Portland Cement
  • C786 Fineness of Hydraulic Cement and Raw Materials by the No. 50, No. 100, and No. 200 Sieves by the Wet Method
  • C807 Time of Setting of Hydraulic Cement Mortar by Modified Vicat Needle
  • C917 Evaluation of Cement Strength Uniformity from a Single Source per batch
  • C1012 Length Change of Hydraulic-Cement Mortars Exposed to a Sulfate Solution
  • C1038 Expansion of Portland Cement Mortar Bars Stored in Water
  • C1437 Flow of mortar

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