This standard specifies the principle, instruments and equipment, materials, test conditions and determination methods of test methods for water requirement of normal consistency, setting time and volume soundness (caused by free calcium oxide) of the portland cements.
This method is applicable to portland cement and ordinary portland cement, portland slag cement, portland fly-ash cement, portland pozzolana cement, composite portland cement and other cements specified to adopt this method.
1 Scope
2 Normative References
3 Principle
4 Instruments and Equipment
5 Materials
6 Testing Conditions
7 Determination Methods for Water Requirement of Normal Consistency (Standard Method)
8 Determination Method of Setting Time
9 Determination of Soundness (Standard Method)
10 Determination Methods for Water Requirement of Normal Consistency (Replacement Method)
11 Determination of Soundness (Replacement Method)
12 Test Report
