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Indian Standard METHODS OF PHYSICAL TESTS FOR HYDRAULIC CEMENT PART 5 DETERMINATION OF INITIAL AND FINAL SETTING TIMES
( First Revision ) (Incorporating Amendment No. 1)
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Price Group 1 IS : 4031 (Part 5) - 1988 Indian Standard METHODS OF PHYSICAL TESTS FOR HYDRAULIC CEMENT PART 5 DETERMINATION OF INITIAL AND FINAL SETTING TIMES
( First Revision ) 0. F O R E W O R D 0.1 This Indian Standard (Part 5) (First different equipment used for testing of cement, Revision) was adopted by the Bureau of Indian a brief description of which was also covered in Standards on 10 March 1988, after the draft the standard, had been published. In this finalized by the Cement and Concrete Sectional revision, therefore, reference is given to Committee had been approved by the Civil different instrument specifications deleting the Engineering Division Council. description of the instruments, as it has been 0.2 Standard methods of testing cement are recognized that reproducible and repeatable essential adjunct to the cement specifications. test results can be obtained only with standard This standard in different parts lays down the testing equipment capable of giving desired procedure for the tests to evaluate the physical level of accuracy. This part covers properties of different types of hydraulic determination of initial and final setting times cements. The procedure for conducting of cement. chemical tests of hydraulic cement is covered in 0.4 This edition 2.1 incorporates Amendment IS : 4032-1985*. No. 1 (March 1993). Side bar indicates 0.3 Originally all the tests to evaluate the modification of the text as the result of physical properties of hydraulic cements were incorporation of the amendment. covered in one standard; but for facilitating the 0.5 For the purpose of deciding whether a use of this standard and future revisions, it has particular requirement of this standard is been decided to print the different tests as complied with, the final value, observed or different parts of the standard and, accordingly calculated, expressing the result of a test or this revised standard has been brought out in analysis, shall be rounded off in accordance thirteen parts. This will also facilitate updating with IS : 2-1960*. The number of significant of individual tests. Further, since publication of places retained in the rounded off value should the original standard in 1968, a number of be the same as that of the specified value in standards covering the requirements of this standard. *Method of chemical analysis of hydraulic cement ( first revision ). *Rules for rounding off numerical values ( revised ).
1. SCOPE 3.2 The moist closet or moist room shall be
1.1 This standard (Part 5) covers the procedure maintained at 27 2C and at a relative for determining the initial and final setting humidity of not less than 90 percent. times of cement. 4. APPARATUS 2. SAMPLING AND SELECTION OF TEST 4.1 Vicat Apparatus Vicat apparatus SPECIMEN conforming to IS : 5513-1976*. 2.1 The samples of the cement shall be taken in 4.2 Balance The balance shall conform to accordance with the requirements of the following requirements: IS : 3535-1986* and the relevant standard On balance in use, the permissible variation specification for the type of cement being at a load of 1 000 g shall be 1.0 g. The tested. The representative sample of the permissible variation on new balance shall cement selected as above shall be thoroughly be one-half of this value. The sensibility mixed before testing. reciprocal shall be not greater than twice the 3. TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY permissible variation. N OTE 1 The sensibility reciprocal is generally defined 3.1 The temperature of moulding room, dry as the change in load required to change the position of materials and water shall be maintained at rest of the indicating element or elements of a 27 2C. The relative humidity of the non-automatic indicating scale a definite amount at any load. laboratory shall be 65 5 percent. N OTE 2 Self-indicating balance with equivalent accuracy may also be used. *Methods of sampling hydraulic cements ( first revision ). *Specification for Vicat apparatus ( first revision ).
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4.3 Standard Weights The permissible allow it to remain there except when variations on weights in use in weighing the determinations of time of setting are being cement shall be as prescribed in Table 1. made. N OTE 1 Clean appliances shall be used for gauging. TABLE 1 PERMISSIBLE VARIATION N OTE 2 All the apparatus shall be free from vibration ON WEIGHTS during the test. ( Clause 4.3 ) N OTE 3 Care shall be taken to keep the needle straight. WEIGHT PERMISSIBLE V ARIATION ON WEIGHTS IN USE , 5.2 Determination of Initial Setting g g Time Place the test block confined in the mould and resting on the non-porous plate, (1) (2) under the rod bearing the needle ( C ); lower 500 0.35 the needle gently until it comes in contact with 300 0.30 the surface of the test block and quickly 250 0.25 release, allowing it to penetrate into the test 200 0.20 block. In. the beginning, the needle will 100 0.15 completely pierce the test block. Repeat this 50 0.10 procedure until the needle, when brought in 20 0.05 contact with the test block and released as 10 0.04 described above, fails to pierce the block beyond 5 0.03 5.0 0.5 mm measured from the bottom of the 2 0.02 mould. The period elapsing between the time 1 0.01 when water is added to the cement and the time at which the needle fails to pierce the test 4.4 Gauging Trowel Gauging trowel block to a point 5.0 0.5 mm measured from conforming to IS : 10086-1982*. the bottom of the mould shall be the initial 5. PROCEDURE setting time. 5.3 Determination of Final Setting Time 5.1 Preparation of Test Block Prepare a Replace the needle ( C ) of the Vicat apparatus neat cement paste by gauging the cement with by the needle with an annular attachment ( F ). 0.85 times the water required to give a paste of The cement shall be considered as finally set standard consistency. Potable or distilled water when, upon applying the needle gently to the shall be used in preparing the paste. The paste surface of the test block, the needle makes an shall be gauged in the manner and under the impression thereon, while the attachment fails conditions prescribed in IS : 4031 (Part 4)- to do so. The period elapsing between the time 1988. Start a stop-watch at the instant when when water is added to the cement and the water is added to the cement. Fill the Vicat time at which the needle makes an impression mould E with a cement paste gauged as above, on the surface of test block while the the mould resting on a nonporous plate. Fill the attachment fails to do so shall be the final mould completely and smooth off the surface of setting time. In the event of a scum forming on the paste making it level with the top of the the surface of the test block, use the underside mould. The cement block thus prepared in the of the block for the determination. mould is the test block. 5.1.1 Immediately after moulding, place the 6. REPORTING OF RESULTS test block in the moist closet or moist room and 6.1 The results of initial and final setting time shall be reported to the nearest five minutes.
*Specification for moulds for use in tests of cement and
concrete. Methods of physical tests for hydraulic cement: Part 4 Determination of consistency of standard cement paste ( first revision ).
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(Page 1, clause 3.1, line 4) Substitute not less than 65 percent for 65 5 percent.
