ASTM C1019-03

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Designation: C 1019 – 03
Standard Test Method for
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Sampling and Testing Grout
This standard is issued under the fixed designation C 1019; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
This standard has been approved for use by agencies of the Department of Defense.
1. Scope* 3. Significance and Use
1.1 This test method covers procedures for both field and 3.1 Groutusedinmasonryisafluidmixtureofcementitious
laboratory sampling and compression testing of grout used in materials and aggregate with a high water content for ease of
masonry construction. Grout for masonry is specified under placement.
Specification C 476. 3.1.1 Duringconstruction,groutisplacedwithinorbetween
absorptive masonry units. Excess water must be removed from
NOTE 1—The testing agency performing this test method should be
grout specimens in order to provide compressive strength test
evaluated in accordance with Practice C 1093.
results more nearly indicative of the grout strength in the wall.
1.2 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded
In this test method, molds are made from masonry units having
as the standard.
the same absorption and moisture content characteristics as
1.3 This standard does not purport to address all of the
those being used in the construction.
safety problems, if any, associated with its use. It is the
3.2 This test method is used to either help select grout
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
proportionsbycomparingtestvaluesorasaqualitycontroltest
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
for uniformity of grout preparation during construction.
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
3.3 The physical exposure condition and curing of the grout
are not exactly reproduced, but this test method does subject
2. Referenced Documents
the grout specimens to absorption conditions similar to those
2.1 ASTM Standards:
experienced by grout in the wall.
C 39/C 39M Test Method for Compressive Strength of Cy-
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NOTE 2—Test results of grout specimens taken from a wall should not
lindrical Concrete Specimens
be compared to test results obtained with this test method.
C 143/C 143M Test Method for Slump of Hydraulic Ce-
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ment Concrete
4. Apparatus
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C 476 Specification for Grout for Masonry
4.1 Maximum-Minimum Thermometer.
C 511 Specification for Moist Cabinets, Moist Rooms, and
4.2 Straightedge, a steel straightedge not less than 6 in.
Water Storage Tanks Used in the Testing of Hydraulic
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4 (152.4 mm) long and not less than ⁄16 in. (1.6 mm) in
Cements and Concretes
thickness.
C 617 Practice for Capping Cylindrical Concrete Speci-
2 4.3 Tamping Rod, a nonabsorbent rod, either round or
mens
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square in cross section nominally ⁄8 in. (15.9 mm) in dimen-
C 1064/C 1064M Test Method for Temperature of Freshly
2 sion with ends rounded to hemispherical tips of the same
Mixed Portland Cement Concrete
diameter. The rod shall be a minimum length of 12 in. (304.8
C 1093 Practice for Accreditation of Testing Agencies for
3 mm).
Unit Masonry
4.4 Nonabsorbent Blocks, nonabsorbent, rigid squares with
side dimensions equal to one half the desired grout specimen
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height, within a tolerance of 5 %, and of sufficient quantity or
This test method is under the jurisdiction ofASTM Committee C12 on Mortars
and Grouts for Unit Masonry and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee
thickness to yield the desired grout specimen height, as shown
C12.02 on Research and Methods of Test.
in Fig. 1, Fig. 2, and Fig. 3.
Current edition approved June 10, 2003. Published August 2003. Originally
approved in 1984. Last previous edition approved in 2002 as C 1019–02.
NOTE 3—Nonabsorbent blocks may be of plastic, wood, or other
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 04.02.
nonabsorbent material. Certain species of wood contain sugars which
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 04.05.
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 04.01.
*A Summary of Changes section appears at the end of this standard.
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C 1019 – 03
unit in contact with the grout specimen shall not have been
previously used to mold specimens. Place nonabsorbent
blocks, cut to proper size and of the proper thickness or
quantity, at the bottom of the space to achieve the necessary
height of specimen. Tolerance on space and specimen dimen-
sions shall be within 5 % of the specimen width. See Fig. 1,
Fig. 2, and Fig. 3and accompanying notes.
NOTE—Front masonry unit stac
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