METHOD OF TEST FOR POTENTIAL ALKALI REACTIVITY OF AGGREGATES AND EFFECTIVENESS OF ASR MITIGATION MEASURES (MINIATURE CONCRETE PRISM TEST, MCPT)

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Language(s)

English

Published date

01-01-2014

Publisher

American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials

1. SCOPE
2. REFERENCED DOCUMENTS
3. SIGNIFICANCE AND USE
4. APPARATUS
5. REAGENTS
6. CONDITIONING
7. MATERIALS
8. SAMPLING
9. SPECIMEN PREPARATION
10. PROCEDURE
11. CALCULATION
12. REPORT
13. PRECISION AND BIAS
14. REFERENCES

Provides detection of the potential for deleterious alkali-silica reaction of aggregate in miniature concrete prisms within 56 days (8 weeks) for most of the aggregates.

DevelopmentNote	Included in AASHTO HM. (08/2015)
DocumentType	Standard
Pages	10
PublisherName	American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
Status	Current

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AASHTO M 85 : 2015	SPECIFICATION FOR PORTLAND CEMENT
AASHTO T 19M/T 19 : 1900	METHOD OF TEST FOR BULK DENSITY ('UNIT WEIGHT') AND VOIDS IN AGGREGATE
AASHTO M 210M/M 210 : 2014	SPECIFICATION FOR USE OF APPARATUS FOR THE DETERMINATION OF LENGTH CHANGE OF HARDENED CEMENT PASTE, MORTAR, AND CONCRETE
ASTM C 127 : 2015 : REDLINE	Standard Test Method for Relative Density (Specific Gravity) and Absorption of Coarse Aggregate
ASTM C 702 : 1998	Standard Practice for Reducing Samples of Aggregate to Testing Size
ASTM C 192/C192M : 2016-04	PRACTICE FOR MAKING AND CURING CONCRETE TEST SPECIMENS IN THE LABORATORY
AASHTO M 201 : 2015	SPECIFICATION FOR MIXING ROOMS, MOIST CABINETS, MOIST ROOMS, AND WATER STORAGE TANKS USED IN THE TESTING OF HYDRAULIC CEMENTS AND CONCRETES
ASTM C 128 : 2015 : REDLINE	Standard Test Method for Relative Density (Specific Gravity) and Absorption of Fine Aggregate
ASTM C 778 : 2017 : REDLINE	Standard Specification for Standard Sand
AASHTO M 92 : 2010	SPECIFICATION FOR WIRE-CLOTH SIEVES FOR TESTING PURPOSES
ASTM C 157/C157M : 2017 : REDLINE	Standard Test Method for Length Change of Hardened Hydraulic-Cement Mortar and Concrete
ASTM C 670 : 2015 : REDLINE	Standard Practice for Preparing Precision and Bias Statements for Test Methods for Construction Materials
AASHTO T 303 : 2000	METHOD OF TEST FOR ACCELERATED DETECTION OF POTENTIALLY DELETERIOUS EXPANSION OF MORTAR BARS DUE TO ALKALI-SILICA REACTION