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AS 3972-2010
[Pending Revision]General purpose and blended cements
Specifies minimum requirements for hydraulic cements including general purpose cement, general purpose limestone, and blended cement. Requirements include both the composition as well as the properties and performance of the cement. A sampling and testing regime is specified for product conformity claims.
Published: 22/10/2010
Pages: 19
Table of contents
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Table of contents
Header
About this publication
Preface
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Materials
3.1 Portland cement clinker
3.2 Portland cement
3.3 Supplementary cementitious materials
3.3.1 General
3.3.2 Fly ash
3.3.3 Ground granulated iron blast-furnace slag (slag)
3.3.4 Amorphous silica
3.4 Limestone
3.5 Mineral additions
3.6 Minor additional constituents
3.7 Calcium sulfate
3.8 Processing additions
4 Cement types and composition
4.1 General
4.2 General purpose cement (Type GP)
4.3 General purpose limestone cement (Type GL)
4.4 Blended cement (Type GB)
4.5 Special purpose cements
5 Product conformity
5.1 General
5.2 Sampling
5.3 Testing
5.4 Specified properties
5.5 Other properties and characteristics
6 Packing, marking and delivery of bagged cement
6.1 Packing and delivery
6.2 Marking
7 Delivery and marking of bulk cement
7.1 Delivery
7.2 Marking
Appendix A
A1 Scope
A2 Introduction
A3 Performance-based standard or specification
A3.1 General
A3.2 Performance tests and criteria
A3.2.1 General
A3.2.2 Performance criteria
A3.2.3 Performance test methods
A3.2.3.1 General
A3.2.3.2 Familiarization
A3.2.3.3 Precision of the test method
A3.3 Performance parameters
A3.3.1 General
A3.3.2 Soundness
A3.3.3 Strength
A3.3.4 Temperature rise/heat of hydration
A3.3.5 Drying shrinkage
A3.3.6 Sulfate resistance
Appendix B
B1 Scope
B2 Notation
B3 Sampling procedure
B4 Test procedure
B5 Calculation
B6 Test report
Bibliography
Cited references in this standard
[Current]
Methods of testing portland, blended and masonry cements, Method 8: Fineness index by air permeability method
[Current]
Methods of testing portland, blended and masonry cements, Method 7: Determination of temperature rise during hydration of portland and blended cements
[Current]
Methods of testing portland, blended and masonry cements, Method 2: Chemical composition
[Current]
Methods of testing portland, blended and masonry cements, Method 9: Determination of residue on the 45 μm sieve
[Current]
Methods of testing portland, blended and masonry cements, Method 13: Determination of drying shrinkage of cement mortars
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