Ever wonder how builders know that a material is safe for use in their projects? ASTM C31/C31M is a good example of how standards are used in the field to confirm that, in this case, concrete is ready for use. And the new 2012 Edition of the standard is available now from Document Center Inc.
The practice covers procedures for making and curing cylinder and beam specimens from representative samples of fresh concrete for a construction project. That covers provides standardized requirements for making, curing, protecting, and transporting concrete test specimens under field conditions.
ASTM C31/C31M-12 generates strength test data which is used for the following purposes:
- Acceptance testing for specified strength,
- Checking adequacy of mixture proportions for strength, and
- Quality control.
This new 2012 Edition replaces the previous 2010 Edition. To see the history of the document’s updates, use ASTM C31/C31M’s revision history page. This feature is available for most documents on our website.
So when you see language that touts the use of “standard-cured” concrete, you’ll know that most likely the C31 standard is the one to which the material is being tested.
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