ASTM D57-20 Specification for Materials for Cement Grout Filler for Brick and Stone Block Pavements

AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TESTING MATERIALS

1916 RACE ST., PHILADELPHIA 3, PA.

Reprinted from Copyrighted Book of A';TM Standards, Part 4.
APPROVED AS

AMERICAN STANDARD
BY THE AMERICAN STANDARDS ASSOCIATION

ASA NO.: A37.74-1951
UDC 625.82:691.5

Standard Specijications for

MATERIALS FOR CEMENT GROUT FILLER FOR BRICK
AND STONE BLOCK PAVEMENT1

ASTM Designation: D 57 - 20

ADOPTED, 1920.2

This Standard of the American Society for Testing Materials is issued under
the fixed designation D 57; the final number indicates the year of original
adoption as standard or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision.

NoTE-These specifications were editorially revised and
rearranged in 1939.

Scope means of laboratory sieves shall conform
to the following requirements:

1. These specifications cover the ma-
terials (sand, portland cement, and Sieve Percentage
water) for use in cement grout filler Passing
for brick and stone block pavements.
No. 10 (2000-micron) .............• 100
SAND
No. 20 (840-micron) not less than .••. 80
General Characteristics
No. 200 (74-micron) not more than .. 5
2. The sand shall consist of clean,
hard, durable stone particles, preferably (b) The sieve analysis of the sand
siliceous, free from lumps of clay and shall be made in accordance with the
objectionable foreign matter. Method of Test for Sieve Analysis of
Fine and Coarse Aggregates (ASTM
Grading Designation: C 136).3

3. (a) The sand shall be well graded Mortar Strength
from coarse to fine and when tested by
4. (a) The sand shall be mixed with
I Under the standardization procedure of the portland cement conforming to the re-
Society, these specifications are under the juris- quirements for type I of the Specifica-
diction of the ASTM Committee D-4 on Road tions for Portland Cement (ASTM
and Paving Materials. Designation: C 150),3 in the proportion
of 1 part of cement to 3 parts of sand,
2 Prior to adoption as standard. these specifi-
cations were published as tentative from 1919 3 Appears in this publication, see Contents
to 1920. in Numeric Sequence of ASTM Designations at
front of book.

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SPECIFICATIONS FOR CEMENT GROUT FILLER (D 57- 20) 755

by weight, according to the standard quired. Samples shall also be taken for
method of making 1:3 mortar briquets. testing from time to time, at the place
The resulting mortar at the age of 7 and of use prior to and during the laying of
28 days shall have a tensile strength of at the pavement, whenever desired by the
least 75 per cent of that developed in the engineer.
same time by mortar of the same con-
sistency, made of 1 part of the same ce- Inspection
ment and 3 parts of Ottawa sand.
6. The sand shall be subject to inspec-
(b) Preliminary acceptance samples tion after delivery at the place of use,
shall be subjected to mortar strength prior to and during the laying of the
tests at both 7 days and 28 days, and pavement.
acceptance based thereon. Samples
tested during the progress of the work PoRTLAND CEMENT
will be accepted on the basis of the 7-day
test. Cement

(c) The tests for mortar strength shall 7. Portland cement for use in cement
be made in accordance with the Method grout filler shall conform to the re-
of Test for Tensile Strength of Hydraulic quirements for type I of the Specifica-
Cement Mortars (ASTM Designation: tions for Portland Cement (ASTM
Designation: C 150).3
c 190).3
WATER
NOTE.-The portland cement used in testing

the proposed sand should preferably be that Water
used or to be used in the work. 8. The water used shall be clean and

Sampling free from harmful amounts of oil, acid,
alkali, organic, or vegetable matter.
5. The sand shall be sampled for
testing at the source of supply, if re-

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