4. Classification
4.1 This specification applies to a hydraulic or pozzolanic
material composed of a blend of multiple supplementary
cementitious materials as defined in Table 1. The supplemen-
tary cementitious materials of the blend are identified in
accordance with the Type listed in the first column of Table 1.
For the purpose of conformance to the requirements of this
specification, the blend is classified according to the predomi-
nant supplementary cementitious material. For blended supple-
mentary cementitious matierals that have no predominant
constituent, the manufacturer selects the blend type.
4.2 The naming practice for reporting blended supplemen-
tary cementitious materials is as follows:
SCMb 2Axx/Byy/Czz
where:
SCMb = designation of the product as a blended supplemen-
tary cementitious material,
A= targeted mass % of the predominant supplementary
cementitious material in the blended supplementary
cementitious material expressed by mass of the
final blended supplementary cementitious material,
xx = predominant supplementary cementitious
material—use Type designation in accordance with
Table 1,
B= targeted mass % of the secondary supplementary
cementitious material in the blended supplementary
cementitious material expressed by mass of the
final blended supplementary cementitious material,
yy = secondary supplementary cementitious material—
use Type designation in accordance with Table 1,
C= targeted mass % of the tertiary supplementary
cementitious material in the blended supplementary
cementitious material expressed by mass of the
final blended supplementary cementitious material.
This would be required only for ternary mixtures,
and
zz = tertiary supplementary cementitious material—use
Type designation in accordance with Table 1
NOTE 2—Examples of the naming practice are as follows:
A binary mixture of 65 % Class C fly ash and 35 % slag cement would be:
SCMb 265C/35S
A ternary mixture of 60 % Class F fly ash, 35 % slag cement and 5 %
silica fume would be:
SCMb 260F/35S/5SF
5. Ordering Information
5.1 Orders for material under this specification shall include
the following:
5.1.1 Specification number,
5.1.2 The composition of the blend using the naming
convention in 4.2.
5.1.3 Any optional requirements as delineated in Table 2.
NOTE 3—In advance of ordering, it is important to check for market
availability of blended supplementary cementitious materials.
6. Materials and Manufacture
6.1 All individual constituents used in the manufacture of
the blended supplementary cementitious material shall con-
form to their applicable specification.
6.2 All blended supplementary cementitious materials shall
consist of a uniform mixture of constituents within the limits
specified in Section 9.
7. Chemical Composition
7.1 The individual constituents and the blended supplemen-
tary cementitious material shall be chemically analyzed using
applicable analytical methods of Test Methods C311/C311M or
Test Methods C114. Analyze for major and minor oxides
present in greatest quantity that together, including loss-on-
ignition constitutes at least 98 % of the total mass of the
material.
7.2 There are no chemical requirements for the blended
supplementary cementitious material but the chemical compo-
sition of the constituents and of the blended supplementary
cementitious material are necessary to verify blend propor-
tions.
8. Physical and Optional Properties
8.1 Blended supplementary cementitious materials shall
conform to the physical requirements in Table 3, where the
blend type is in accordance with Section 4.
8.2 Blended supplementary cementitious materials shall
conform to the optional requirements in Table 2, only when
specifically requested by the purchaser. The blend type is in
accordance with Section 4.
9. Permissible Variations in Blending Accuracy
9.1 The amount of pozzolan or slag cement in the finished
blended supplementary cementitious material shall not vary
from the target value by more than 62.5 percentage points for
silica fume and not more than 65 percentage points for other
supplementary cementitious materials, with a 99 % probability
of compliance.
NOTE 4—To satisfy the 99 % probability of compliance, the blending
process must be capable of producing a blend containing silica fume such
that the standard deviation of the measured mass percentage of silica fume
in the blend is less than 1 %. For constituents other than silica fume, the
standard deviations of their measured mass percentages have to be less
than 1.9 %.
9.2 The chemical composition of the individual constituents
and of the finished blended supplementary cementitious mate-
rial shall be determined in accordance with Section 7. The
composition of the blend in terms of mass percentage of the
constituents shall be calculated.
NOTE 5—Appendix X1 provides an example to illustrate how the
composition of the blend can be calculated from the various measured
chemical compositions.
TABLE 1 Classification of Supplementary Cementitious Materials
Type Name
N Class N Pozzolan meeting Specification C618
F Class F fly ash meeting Specification C618
C Class C fly ash meeting Specification C618
SF Silica Fume meeting Specification C1240
S Slag cement meeting Specification C989/C989M
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