3.1.3 set-control addition—a functional addition composed
essentially of calcium sulfate in any hydration state from
CaSO
4
to CaSO
4
·2H
2
O.
3.1.4 water-reducing addition—a functional addition used
to reduce the quantity of mixing water required to produce
concrete and mortar of a given consistency.
3.1.5 water-reducing and accelerating addition—a func-
tional addition that reduces the quantity of mixing water
required to produce concrete of a given consistency and that
accelerates the setting or early strength development, or both,
of concrete and mortar.
3.1.6 water-reducing and retarding addition—a functional
addition that reduces the quantity of mixing water required to
produce concrete and mortar of a given consistency and
simultaneously retards the setting of concrete and mortar.
NOTE 1—This section is intended to provide a specification that may be
applied to calcium sulfates as defined in Terminology C219.
NOTE 2—It should be realized that some calcium sulfates, particularly
some byproduct calcium sulfates, have produced cements with undesired
set behavior after storage.
4. Ordering Information
4.1 The purchaser shall specify the type of functional
addition desired.
5. Materials
5.1 Cements—The cements used in the evaluation of the
addition shall be as described in Section 3.1, Cements, of
Specification C465 with the following exceptions:
5.1.1 At least one of the Type I cements shall contain not
less than 9 percent tricalcium aluminate (C
3
A).
5.1.2 Disregard the last sentence of Section 3.1.6 of Speci-
fication C465 and substitute the following: “ Each control
cement shall comply with all the requirements in the specifi-
cation (C10/C10M,C150,C595,C845, and C1157) applicable
to that type of cement. The method shall be adequate for the
qualitative and quantitative determination of the addition in the
finished cement, and shall be fully described in the report of the
tests on the addition.”
5.2 Aggregates—The aggregates used in the evaluation of
the addition shall be in accordance with the Aggregates portion
of the Materials section of Specification C465, using propor-
tions specified in Concrete Mixtures section of that specifica-
tion.
6. General Requirements
6.1 The cement, mortar, and concrete in which each of the
additions is used shall conform to the respective requirements
TABLE 1 Criteria for Evaluating Neat Cement and Mortar Containing Functional Cement Additions
Tests
Type of Addition
Water Reducing Retarding Accelerating Water-Reducing
and Retarding
Water-Reducing and
Accelerating Set-Control
Normal consistency, deviation from control,
percentage points
A
−1.0 min +1.0 max +1.0 max −1.0 min −1.0 mm ±1.0 max
Standard consistency (flow) deviation from
control, percentage points
A
−4.0 min +2.0 max +2.0 max −4.0 min −4.0 min ±2.0 max
Setting time, (Gillmore) deviation from control,
h:min
Initial
At least ... 1:00 later
B
1:00 later
B
...
Not more than 1:00 earlier 3:30 later 1:30 earlier 3:30 later 1:30 earlier 1:00 earlier
nor nor nor nor
1:30 later 1:30 later 1:30 later 1:30 later
Setting time, Vicat Initial
C
At least ... 0:50 later
B
... ... ...
Not more than 0:50 earlier 2:50 later 1:15 earlier 0:50 later
B
1:15 earlier 0:50 earlier
nor nor nor nor
1:15 later 1:15 later 2:50 later 1:15 later 1:15 later
Final
Not more than 1:00 earlier 3:30 later 1:00 earlier 3:30 later 1:00 earlier 1:00 earlier
nor nor nor nor
1:30 later 1:30 later 1:30 later 1:30 later
Compressive strength, min, percent of control:
D
1 day in moist air 110 90 125
E
90 125
F
1 day in moist air, 2 days in water 110 90 125
E
100 125
1 day in moist air, 6 days in water 110 90 100 110 110
1 day in moist air, 27 days in water 110 95 95 110 110
Autoclave Expansion
max increase in % change in length compared
to control
0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10
Drying Shrinkage of Mortar
max % change in length compared to control 0.020 0.020 0.030 0.020 0.020 0.020
A
The minus sign indicates that the percentage of water required shall be less than that of the control cement by at least the indicated percentage points.
B
Or 50 % later, whichever is the lesser.
C
Either Vicat or the Gillmore time of setting method shall be used at the choice of the manufacturer.
D
The compressive strength of mortar containing the test cement shall be not less than 95 % of that attained at any previous test age. The objective of this limit is to require
that the strength of mortar containing the addition under test shall not decrease with age.
E
In cases where the accelerated set time only is required, the strength can be reduced to 100 % of the control.
F
The grand average of the 1, 3, 7, and 28-day strengths shall be not less than 95 % of the grand average for the corresponding control cement.
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