1: C 40 ~ 97 Hn) Designation Standard Test Method for aga nom he Bra ao 3 AST ance Caps AST pway and Torabaratcn Scat Sarr? newer IASTOND Tat Organic Impurities in Fine Aggregates for Concrete’ “Tyg standard is ued under the Sn deinaton C40; the mamberimeediatey flowing the desgestion incase year af ‘rigial adoption og, in the case of eion the yar lt von A Dumber parentheses indicate the ea at approval. A fupencript epson) ict an editorial cage since he an revsion oe eappoval ‘This specification has Ben proved or se by ogee of he Deprnen of Dense 1, Scope LL This test method covers procedures for an approxi- mate determination of the presence of injurious organic impurities in fine aggregates that are to be used in hydraulic, cement mortar or concrete 1.2 The values given in SI units are to be regarded as the standard. The values given in parentheses are for informa- tion only. 13 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concems, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro- priate safety and health practices and determine the applica- bility of regulatory limitations prior to use. 2, Referenced Documents, 2.1 ASTM Standards: €.33 Specification for Concrete Aggregates? C87 Test Method for Effect of Organic Impurities in Fine Aggregate on Strength of Mortar? C125 Terminology Relating to Concrete and Concrete Agaregates? © 702 Practice for Reducing Samples of Aggregate to Testing Size? 1005 Specification for Reference Masses and Devices for Determining Mass for Use in the Physical Testing of Hydraulic Cements? D175 Practice for Sampling Ageregatest 1D 1544 Test Method for Color of Transparent Liquids (Gardner Color Scale)® ificance and Use 3.1 This test method is used in making a preliminary determination of the acceptability of fine aggregates with respect to the requirements of Specification C 33 that relate to organic impurities. 3.2 ‘The principal value of this test method is to furnish a ‘warning that injurious amounts of organic impurities may be present. When a sample subjected to this test produces 2 color darker than the reference color solution it is advisable to perform the test for the effect of organic impurities on the "This tet method i under the janstiction of ASTM Commitee C9 on ‘Concrete and Coneote Aggregates ads the det eapannbiiy of Subeommiae {60820 on Normal Weight Azote ‘Cart eon approved Avg 0, 1997, Poblnbed June 1998, Origaly pullisned as C49~ 21 T Last previous elon C4092, 2 dnmul Bok of STM Sears, Vol 402 > ama Sook of ASTM Standards, Vo 04.01 ‘Annual Book of ASTM Sardar, Vol 0803, anual Sook of ASTM Standards, Vat O60 strength of mortar in accordance with Test Method C 87, 4. Apparatus 4.1 Glass Bottles —Colorless glass graduated bottles, ap- proximately 350 to 470-mL. (12 to 16-02) nominal capacity, having approximately oval cross section, equipped with ‘watertight stoppers oF caps, not soluble in the. specified reagents. Inno case shall the maximum outside thickness of the bottles, measured along the line of sight used for the color ‘comparison, be greater than 60 mm (25 in.) or less than 40 mm (1.5 in,). The graduations on the bottles shall be in nillimetres, or ounces (US. fluid), except that unmarked bottles may be calibrated and scribed with graduations by the user. In such case, graduation marks are required at only three points as follows: 4.1.1 Reference Color Solution Level—75 mL (2% oz (US. fuuid), 4.12 Fine Aggregate Level—130 mi. (4% 02 (US. f1uid), and 4.13 NaOH Solution Level—200 mL. (7 02 (US. fluid). 5. Reagent and Reference Standard Color Solution 5.1 Reagent Sodiwn Hydroxide Solution (3 %)—Dissolve 3 paris by mass of reagent grade sodium hydroxide (NaOH) in 97 parts of water 5.2 Reference Standard Color Solution—Dissolve reagent grade potussium dichromate (KCr,0;) in concentrated sulfuric acid (sp gr 1.84) at the rate of 0.250 3/100 mL. of acid. The solution must be freshly made for the color ‘comparison using gentle heat if necessary to effect solution. 6, Sampling 6.1 The sample shall be selected in general accordance with Practice D 75. 7. Test Sample 7.1 The test sample shall have a mass of about approxi- ‘mately 450 g (1 Ib) and be taken from the larger sample in accordance with Practice C 702. 8, Procedure 8.1 Filla glass bottle 10 the approximately 130-ml. (4¥%-luid 07) level withthe sample ofthe fine aggregate to be tested. 8.2 Add the sodium hydroxide solution until the volume of the fine aggregate and liquid, indicated after shaking, is, approximately 200 mL. (7 fluid 02) 8.3 Stopper the bottle, shake vigorously, and then allow 0 stand for 24 bi) C40 9. Determination of Color Value 9.1 Standard Procedure—At the end of the 24-h standing. period, fill a glass bottle to the approximately 75-mL. (2ve-fiuid oz ) level with the fresh reference color solution, prepared not longer than 2 h previously, as prescribed in 5.2 ‘Then compare the color of the supernatant liquid above the test sample with that of the reference standard color solution, and record whether itis lighter, darker, or of equal color to that of the reference standard. Make the color comparison by holding the two bottles close together and looking through them, 9.2 Alternative Procedure—To define more precisely the color of the tiquid of the test sample, five glass standard colors may be used as described in Table 1 of Test Method D 1544, using the following colors: Gariner Color Organi Pate No. Stundard No, 5 ' 4 2 ul 3 (andar) 6 5 ‘The comparison procedure described in 9.1 shall be used, except that the organic plate number which is nearest the color of the supernatant liquid above the test specimen shall be reported. When using this alternative procedure it is not necessary 10 prepare the reference standard color solution. Nore—A suitable instrament consists of the glass color standards mounted in a plastic holder. The instrument is provided with all five ‘organic plate number colors 10, Interpretation of Results 10.1 If the color of the supernatant liquid is darker than that of the reference standard color solution, the fine aggregate under test shall be considered to possibly contain injurious organic impurities, and further tests should be ‘made before approving the fine aggregate for use in concrete. 11, Precision and Bias 11.1 Since this test produces no numerical values, deter- mination of the precision and bias is not possible, 12. Keywords 12.1 colorimetric test; fine aggregate; organic impurities ‘he Ameroan Sosa for Tost and Matar thes no poetion reepecing the val ny patot igs assaned in cerrecton win any tam mentioned its standard. 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