BRITISH STANDARD Testing aggregates — Part 114: Method for determination of the polished-stone value Committees responsible Foreword 1 Scope 2 Definitions 8 Principle 4 Sampling 5 Apparatus 6 Materials 7 Preparation of specimens 8 Conditioning of tyre 9 Accelerated polishing of specimens 10 Friction test procedure 11 Caleulations 12 Expression of results 13 Precision 1d Test: report Figure 1 — Accelerated polishing machine Figure 2 — Roadstone specimen and mould Figure 8 — Friction tester ‘Table 1 — Properties of the clider Tablo 2 — Grading requirements for corn emery Publications referred to 1989 Page Inside front cover Inside back cover1 Scope "This Part of BS 812 deseribes the method for determining the polished stone value PSV) of an aggregate. NOTE Tho ide of the pultieationevlurrd nin tha standard ‘70 Hated un Ina beck owe. 2 Definitions For the purposes of this Part of BS 812, the definitions given in BS 812-101 and BS 812-102 apply. 3 Principle ‘Tho polished stone value gives a measure of tho resistance of roadatone to the polishing action of vehicle tyres under conditions sirailar ta those Soeurring on the surface ofa road, Whore she surfaco fa road consists largely of rondstone the state of polish of the sample will he one of the main fastona affecting the resistance of the surface to skidding ‘The actual relationship between PSV and skidding remstance will vary with the trafic eonditions, 6ype of suxfacing and otter factors. All factors together wwith the reprodueibiity of the test should be saleen into account when drawing up specifications for road-works which include test limita for PSV. The testis in two parts 4) First part Sarmplos of stone aru subjected to a polishing aetion in un accelerated polishing Inaehine. by Second part, The state of polish reached by nto account when drawing up specications tor rond-works which include test limits for PSV. Tho ‘eat is in two parts, 8) Firat part, Saraples of stone are subjected to a polishing action in an accelerated polishing machine 1) Second part, The state of polish reached by ‘each sample is measured by means ofa friction ‘ost und is expressed as a laboratory determined PSY. 4 Sampling” ‘The sample used in the laboratory for the vost shall bye taken in accordance with clause 6 of BS S12-102:1984, ‘The sample shall be taken from the normal run of production from the plant. NOTE Chippinge that avo boos fohly sruahod in the Inberatory or sosovored fom btuinows material nay give Blond roel 5 Apparatus 5.1 Acstlerated polishing machine (Figure 1), whic shall be rigidly mounted on a firm, level base of stone or coneréte. It shall inchide the following 2) A wheel, referred to as the*road whee”, havin a fat poriphory. I shall be of such w size and ‘Shape as to permit 14 ofthe specimons deseribe in clause 7 to be elamped on the periphery eo at to form a continuous surface of stone particles 45 mm wide and 406 mm in diameter 'b) Means ofrotating the oad wheel aboutits ow xis ata speed of 320+ 5 loin «Two solid rubbortyred whools of 200 mma diameter and with a width of 88 mm, These ‘wheels shall be of two colours. A durk-coloured ‘whee! shall be used for the corn emery and light-coloured wheel forthe emery flour. The rubber tyres shall he made according tothe Awe ‘Tyre Ltd. compound code 4454 and shall initial have a hardness of 60 3 IRHD (ace BS 2710). NOTE Taorsbber yas aro :bainale fem to suplioe ‘oeedamated poling mc 4) Means of bringing the surface of the appropriate solid rubber-tyred wheel to bear oa the road whool with a total fre force of 725-10 N. Iesball be free to rotate about its own axis, which hall be parallel with the axis € the road wheel, and tho plane of rotation of the tyre shall bo in line with that ofthe road whoel ‘The machine shall be accurataly aligned and ‘roth wheels shall be free ta rotate without play the road wheel with a total free force ‘of 725 = 10 N, Kt shall be free to rotate about ita ‘own axis, which shall be parallel with the axis ot the road wheel, and the plane of rotation of the tyre shall be in line with that of the road wheel ‘The machine shall be accurately aligned and ‘voth wheels shall be free to rotate without play in the bearings. The follawing limits shall he applied: 1) the planes of rotation of the two whools shall bbe not more than 20 min of ure out of parallel (1 mm in 200 min); NOTE. Thio way bo checked by moana ofa wetched Swalght.odge sing the ru othe road whoa! a 4 datum 2) the planes through the centres of the two ‘wheel shall be not more tan 0.8 min apart. ©) Food mechanism, dark-eoloured for uso with the dark-coloured wheel [see oJ, to feed the corn emery (see 6.1) and water at the specified rates (coo 9). Te shall Feed in sueh a way that the emery and water are continuously and uniformly spread over the surface af the tyre and the specimens where they are in contact. ‘The emery ‘and water shall be fod directly onta the read ‘whoo! near the point of eontaet with the rubber-tyred wheel ‘be obtained from BSI Enquiry Section, HS, Linfrd Wood Milton Keys MICIC SLE.Soli uber oud whos Figure 1 ecelerated polis ing machine 9 Feed mechanism, light-enlourred for use with the light-coloured wheel [see], to feed theemery flour (see 6.2) and water at the spevified rates (ee 9.5). It shall feed in such a way that the emery flour and water are continuously and uniformly sproad ovor the eurfueo ofthe tyre and the specimens where they are in contact. ) A means of ensuring that the solid Fubber-tyred wheel is aot left under load when ‘not running, to prevent the risk of the tyre bbocoming deformed. 5.2 Friction tester 5.2.1 Design 5.2.1.1 The friction test shall be made with a tester (sce Figure 3) manufactured to the design ofthe ‘Transport and Road Research Laboratory (IREL)®. All boarings and working parts of the instrument shall be enclosed as faras possible, and all material used shall be treated to prevent corrosion under w conditions, © Tranepor and Road Hescoreh Laboratory, Old Wokingian Head, Crowthorne, Berks G11 GALDimers Tet Spin Figure 2— Roadstone specimen and mould 5.2.1.2 The tester shall have the following features, a) A spring-loaded rubber slider of the mass, size and shape specified in 5.2.1.8 to 6.2.1.6. It shall be mounted on the end of a pendulum arm so that ‘the sliding edge is approximately 510 mm from ‘the axis of suspension. +b) Means for setting the eolumn of the instrument vertical. ¢) Means for rigidly locating one of the curved specimens from the accelerated polishing smachine with its longer dimension in the track of ‘tho pendulum and contrally with rospct to the 1) A pointer balanced about the axis of suspension, indicating the pocition of the pendulum arm throughout its forward swing an ‘moving over the circular scale. The mass of the pointer shall be not mare than 85 g. The friction in the pointer mechanism shall be adjustable s« that, with the pendulum arm swinging freely from a horizontal position, the outward tip of « nominal 300 mm long pointer may be brought t ost on tho forward ewing of the arm at a point 10 mm below the horizontal @)A circular scale calibrated in unit Fas deseribed in 5.2.2.1 for curved specimens with 71) A spring-loaded rubber slider of the mass, size and shape specified in 5.2.1.8 to 5.2.1.6. It shall >be mounted on the end ofa pendulum arm so that the sliding edge is approximately 510 mm from the axis of suspension, b) Means for sotting the column of the instrument vertical. ©) Means for rigidly locating one of the curved specimens from the accelerated polishing machine with its longer dimension in the track of the pendulum and centrally with respect to the rubber slider and to the axis of suspension of the pendulum, @) Means for raising and lowering the axis of suspension of the pendulum so that the slider 1) swing cloar of the surface of the specimen; and 2) be set to slide over a fixed length of flat surface of 126,04 0.5 mm, as near as is visually possible, ©) Means of holding and releasing the pendulum farm so that it falls freely from a horizontal position, suspension, indicating the position of the pendulum arm throughout its forward swing and moving over the circular scale. The mass of the pointer shall be not more than 85 g. The friction, in the pointer mechanism shall be adjustable 80 that, with the pendulum arm swinging freely from a horizontal position, the outward tip of a nominal 300 mm long pointer may be brought to rest on the forward swing of the arm at a point 10 mm below the horizontal. ) Acircular scale calibrated in unit Fas eseribed in 5.2.2.1 for eurved specimens with 76 mm sliding length. 1h) A main scale as detailed in TRRL drawings for 8 sliding length of 126 mun. 5.2.1.8 The mass of the swinging arm, including the slider, shall be 1.50 + 0.08 kg. The centre of gravity shall lie on the axis of the arm at a distance of 4104 5 mm from the centre of suspension. 5.2.1.4 The slider shall consist of a rubber pad $1.75 = 0.50 mm wide, 25.4 + 1.0 mm long (in the dirvetion of swing) and 6.85 4 0.60 mm thick. This shall be held on a rigid base with a central pivoting axis and the combined mass of slider and base shall be 20 + 6g, The slider assembly shall be mounted on the end of the swinging arm in euch a way that, when the arm is at the lowest point of its swing with the trailing edge of the slider in contact, with the test surface, the plane of the slider is angled at approximately 26° to the horizontal. In this configuration the slider can turn about its axis| without obstruction to follow unevenness of the surface as the pendulum swings.5.2.2 Calibration of the tester 5.2.2.1 The calibration of the tester shalll be checked at least once a year”. The scale of the instrument ‘when used for this test shall be the unit F, where F is a measure of the coefficient of friction (* 100), drawa up by means of the following equation: = (we = (re) where W is the force exertod by the ewinging arm Gn Ny; LX. is the distance of the effective centre of gravity of the arm from the centre of oscillation (in mm), Z is the vertical distance of the edge of the scale below the zezo of the scale, which shall be 10 mm below the horizontal when the arm is roloased to swing frecly from the horizontal (in mm); P. is the nominal static force on the slider, as defined in 5.2.1.5 (in N); D is the sliding distance Gn mm); in the lieth af the nainter Gn maim) 5.5 Equipment for preparing specimens, consistin, of the following. a) Release agent or liquid car polish, }) Cleansing solvent or a mixture of 90 % acetor and 10 % kerosene (by volume). ©) Polyester resin and hardener. NOTE. Crystie resin i suitable. 4) Disposable paper or polypropylene cups for esin-imixing. ©) Clear, flexible plastics sheet of materials, suc as acetate or polyethylene. 8) Accurately machined metal moulds for preparing specimens of the dimensions shown in Figure 2, @) A pair of rigid metal covers having one face plane, the other shaped to the radius (189 mm), the polishing test mould and slightly larger tha the mould, 1h) A clamp, such asa 200-mm G-clamp. §) Two fine-haired brushes of about 8 mm diameter. 3) A otiff b k) A spatula, 6 Materials le brush.is wolensed to swing freely fram the horizontal (in man); Pin the nominal stati force on the aider, as fined in 5.2.1.5 GN), D_ is the sliding distance (in mm); _p_ is tho length of the pointer Gn mm). 6.2.2.2 The instrument shall be cross-checked using ‘the sliding length of 126 = 0.5 mm with the friction tester on the following wettod surfaces using the main scale 1) A glaas plate ») Five smooth looking surfaces having a texture Mepth less than 0.25 mm and covering a range of at Toast 25 to 75 units, «) Five rough-looking surfaces having a texture ddopth greater than 0.60 mm and covering a range of at least 25 to 75 units On these tests no pairs af results obtained with the ‘two instruments on any surface shall differ by more than # units, The mean resulta for the 11 samples shall not differ by more than 15 units, 5.4 Test sieves, consisting of a 10 mm, equare-holed, perforated-plate sieve and woven-vire sieves, of sizes 600 um, 500 um, 425 pm, 365 ura, 200 um, 212 um, ‘The test sieves shall comply with BS 410. ‘A 14 mm to 10 mm slotted Make sorting sieve ‘complying with BS 812-105,1, having a slot width of 7250.1 mm, is also required, b) Aclamp, such as a 200-mm G-clamp, ') Two fine-hairod brushes of about 51mm diameter. 3) A stiff bristle brush. ky A spatula, 6 Materials 6.1 Frosh natural cora emery, complying swith Table 2, This ehall be used only once ‘Table 2 — Grading requirements for corn emery, 600 98 to 100 Tato 100 80to 90 355 Oto 30 00 Ot 5 6.2 Air floated or water-washed emery flour, all ot ‘which panes e 52 am teat sieve 6.8 PSV control stone, from 2 recognized supplier. [NOTE ‘To improve canons of thornton] avilable tho ent sens ton heen mapa Se pose help ecaae ‘Spr of ceri om tis ekg a Croat Beta ‘Wamexagineering and MericntCe Ted Menenont ae ‘rome Somerset BATT IPS 64 Stone for the calibration ofthe frietion taster (ee 10.3) PSV ental ston tom Cron Quarey, Ron, Pawn‘Dis the sliding distance (in mm); pis the length of the pointer (in mm). 5.2.2.2 The imatrument shall be eross-cheeked using the sliding length of 126 = 0.5 mm with the friction tester on the following wetted surfaces using the ‘main seale, a) A glass plate. ) Five smooth looking surfaces having a texture depth less than 0.25 mm and eovering a range of fat lenat 25 to 75 units, ©) Five rough-looking surfacos having a texture depth greater than 0,50 mm and covering a range of at least 25 to 75 units, (On these tests no pairs of results obtained with the two instruments oa any surface shall differ by more than 3 units, The mean results for the 11 samples shall not differ by more than 1.5 units. 5.4 Test sieves, consisting of 10 mm, square-holed, perforated-plate aieve and woven-wire sieves, of ‘sizes 600 ym, 500 pm, 425 pm, 995 um, 300 wm, 212 um, ‘The test sieves shall comply with BS 410. A Ld mm to 10 mm slotted lake sorting sieve complying with BS #12-106.1, having a slot width of 7.2 + 0.1 mm, is also required. 6 Materials 6.1 Fresh natural corn emery, complying with Table 2. This shall be used only onee. Table 2— Grading requirements for corn. ‘Toial passing vm 600 98 to 100 500 oto 100, 425, B0t0 90 355 Ot 30 800 Oto 5 6.2 Airflonted or water-washed emery flour, all of which passos a 58 pm test sieve. 6.8 PSV control stone, from a recognized supplier. NOME. o improve cnsitoncy of the materin!nvnilabl, the conte stones been stcexpiled. At present the only tocaenizec Stpullee of mated from thie stallion Groat Britain i Worses Rngincering and Melalera® Co. Lid, Merchants Barton Frowne, Soinerse: BAIL TPS: 6.4 Stone for the calibration of the friction tester (ee 10.3) NOTE This oxme may be sbrainod ftom the upplias of the SV control stono or frou Ceiggion Quarry. Ford, Pons © Tho calibration of tho tetorie done at BSI Testing, Homo! Hempstead Contre, Meslands Avenue, Homel Hompstead, Harte HP2 18. SST 119087 Preparation of specimens 114 Reduce the laboratory sample obtained in accordanee with clause 4, by the procedure doseribed in rlatise Gof BS 812-102:1984 to produce ‘atest portion such that when it is sieved in ‘accordance with 7.2 a minimum of? ky is available for preparing the specimens 172 Sievo the tost portion so that all tho aggregate ‘particles pass the 10 mm test sieve and are retained ‘on the 14 mm to 10 mm flake sorting sieve. The partielos shall not be elongated and shall be clean tind free from dist ‘Semel orge ac aa ol hn iA Sow ‘String anys atotw eda 17. Obtain a minimum mass of 1g of the PSV control atone by the procedures described in 7.1 and 7.2. ‘TA Using the procedures described in 7.5 to 7.8 prepare four specimens of each sample and four ‘Specimena of the control stone. Each specimen shall consist of botwoon 35 and 60 particles, obtained as doseribed in 7.2 and 7.5. 115 Prepare each specimen by earefully placing the solocted particles ina single Iayor with their attost ‘surfaces lying om the bottom of the mould. Place ‘thom as closely as possible and cover an area ‘of 00.6 mm x 44.5 mm. Then Gill the interstices bbutwoon the particles to approximately throe- ‘quartore oftheir depth with fino sand (all paseing a test sieve of 212 ym aperture) and level with the 17.7 When the resin heyina to harden (after 6 min to 10 min) trim any exeesa resin from the edges of the mould with a Inife, Pross the metal cover to the back of the specimen by means ofa clamp or weights ‘tw prevent distortion during setting. After the resin ‘has completely set and cooled (about 80 min from ‘mixing), remove the specimen from the mould and remove the loose sane with the stiff bristle brush ‘After a further 20 min it may be subjected to Polishing in aevordance with clause 8, Cluan moulds, tools ote. as roquired with eolvent, 1.8 Ensure that when the operations described in 7.4 to 7.7 are completed, the surface of ench ‘specimen is fat across the shorter dimension and is ‘curved in the arc ofa eizcle of 106 min diameter ‘long the longer dimension. Also ensure that each, finished specimen presenta the natural surface of the stone chipping, with no sharp projecting edges, to the polishing tyre and is not lees than 12.5 mm thiele Ensure that the undersurface is the are of circle of the same diameter as the periphery of the roail whoo! ofthe polishing machino. Reject any specimen with resin exposed at the surface or with ‘disturbed particles. rond ofthe backing esi 8 Conditioning of tyre 8.1 Boforo « new tyre is used on a tact, it ehall bo sivon a preliminary run with the eppropriate abrasive. Use the new tyre as in an actual tast but ‘with 12 spare specimens and two control specimens ‘sais earl the te Inlasthe ua oft teselected particles in a single layer with their flattest surfaces lying on the bottom of the mould. Place thom as elosely ax possible and eover an area ‘of 90.6 mm x 44.5 mm, Then fill the interstices between the particles to approximately thres- quarters of their dopth with fine sand (all passing a test sieve of 212 im aperture) and level with the sevond fine-haired brush. Lightly coat the exposed internal faces and top edges of the metal moulds with release ‘agent using one of the fine-haired brushe: 7.6 Mix the hardener with the resin in a disposable cup (the exact proportion depends upon the resin used). Fill the mould to overflowing with the mixed resin and float-off the surplus with the spatula without disturbing the main body of the resin. NOTE 1 When nsing ergste resin [se nota 5.6 0), equal or ‘eawly so proporlous ofthe bardanar and rosin are sultable NOTE 2 ‘Acen altomative to floting-of, the surpiis may be Sucened cut by eoverlng the mould wish Te plain sheet and pressing the metal evar om tothe sheet 5 Conaitioming or tyre 8.1 Boforo a now tyro is used on a test, it shall be given a preliminary ran with the appropriate abrasive. Use the new tyro as in an actual test bu ‘with 12 spare specimens and two control specimer NOTE Irie cesonticl to use the corrce whl fo gach abrasis It ie nian easentin! that the tot inenden the ase of #56 other ‘wheal and appropriate abrasive to couly withthe omoplte tc proesdhns. Specimens from sakioy tests are atabie ne pare Specimens inthe peeliniuary ron. ‘8.2 Following polishing (see clause 9), friction-tes ‘the control specimens in accordance with clause 1 and rocord the mean result, Ifthe mean result i greater than 55.5 make further preliminary runs Using fresh specimens of the control stone. If the result is Teas than 49.5 or if high values persist, make appropriate corrections to the materials an: procedure so as to ensure that the mean value give hy the following two specimens of contvol stone lis in the permilted range 49.5 to 55.5 (see note to 9.: 9 Accelerated polishing of specimens 1 Carry out the aceolorated polishing at a room jemperature of 205 °C. 9.2 Fourteen specimens are polished during each, run, numbered as follows: ‘two specimens of Ist sample numbered 1 and 2 ‘two specimens of 2nd sample numbered 3 and ‘two spucimons of Srd samplo numbered 5 and ¢ eRstae‘two specimens of éth sample numbered 7 and & two specimens of 5th sample numbered 9 and 10 two specimens of 6th sample numbered 11 and 12 ‘two apecimens of PSV control stone numbered 13, and 14 and then arranged in the following order: 13, 9,3, 7, 5, 1,11, 14, 10, 4, 8 6 2, 12 9.3 Clamp the 14 specimens in the specified order round the periphery of the road wheel of the polishing machine. Mark the specimens so that the direction of rotation ean be determined at a later stage (see 10.4). The outer surface of the specimens shall form a continuous strip of particles with a periphery of 406 mm diameter, upon which the rubber-tyred wheel can ride freely without bumping or slipping. Fill any gaps with a suitable packing piece level with the remainder of the specimen, 9.4 Bring the road whoo! to a spoed of 320£ 5 r/min and bring the dark-coloured wheel to bear on the surface of the specimens with a total force of 725 + 10N, Feed the corn emery (see 6.1) ata rate of 27 47 glmin continuously with water on to the road wheel using the dark-coloured feed mechanism for a poriod of 8 + 1 min, Feed the water at a rate just sufficient to carry the corn emery to the wheel; this is approximately the same rate as for the earn emery. Interrupt the test run at L br 6 min and 2 hr =5 min to eloan out any excess of corn emery: ‘which has collected in the base, On completion, just sufficiont to earry tho eorn emery to the wheel; this is approximately the same rate as for the carn emery. Interrupt the test run at 1 hr 5 min and hr + B min to clean out any excesa of corn emery ‘whieh has eolleeted in tho base, On completion, i.e. after $ h, thoroughly elean the machine and specimens by washing s0 that all teaco of the eorn femory is removed, OTE impos hath acon ome {9.5 Fit the light coloured wheel and feed mechaniam, for emery flour. Then operate the machine continuously for a further 8 1 min (see 94), fooding the omory flour (see 6.2) at arate of 341 g/ min continuously with water. Feod the wator at twice the rate of the emery Hour. NOTE. tiimpartan: dhs hs acid rator-yred wes! oot Toflundorleada: any tne other dhan wn th whodl ianning thuraiue dhe te may hosome dforined. Te sil bo nossa £0 ‘oplace ths tyes peiocealy a indatad by excenive wear or by ‘eeantn} Tat ang te meplaceman he flowed by 7 ‘indlionng in azerdanoa with & Cureent experince indsates {Gat replacement mas bo noeded aftr 40 ru, pastoulasly fe {he daskecolourod (gate ener) wheel Lo rorulsi th early eof te tyre may nppeat exenare polebing du 0 9.6 Remove the specimens from the machine and thoroughly wash them in running water to remove all trace of emery flour, Clean the interstices between the stone particles by scrubbing with a bristle brush, NOTE Any trace of mary our m or betwocn the etone particles il ler the seat of he ftom tt 9.7 After washing, store the specimens face downwards under water at a temperature of 18°C 1022 °C for 30 min to 2b. On removal from the ‘water, immediately perform the friction test in accordance with elause 10, At no time prior to this testing shall the specimen be allowed to dry out. 9.8 Repeat the complete test procedure (see 9.1 to 9.7) with two further specimens of each sample. 10 Friction test procedure 10.1 Koop the friction tost apparatus and slider in room where the temperature is controlled at 20+ 2°C for at least 2h hefore the test begins and for the duration of the teat. 10.2 Rest the tester upon a firm level surface and adjust tho levelling scrows so that tho column is vertical. Then rnice the axis of suspension of the pendulum so that the arm awings freely, and adjus the friction in the pointer mechanism so that wher the penduluin arm and pointer are released from the right-hand horizontal position the pointer come to rest at zoro position on the scale. Ensuro that tht track of the slidor is parallel to the lang edge of the specimen across the sliding distanee. the friction in the pointer mechanism so that wher the pendulum arm and pointer are released from ‘the right-hand horizontal position the pointer come to rest at zero position on the scale. Ensure that the track of the slider ig parallel to the Jong edge af the specimen across the siding distance. 10.8 Use the following procodure to ensure that the rubber slider is earreetly conditioned, NOTH tiaynsheonevers th de to ake uno bth eee 1) Maintain a stock of Criggion specimens for calibration purposes. These shall be made from stone from Criggion Quarry and shall be made ‘and polished asinan aetual determination. Wher tested they shall yield a value in the range 58 to 66, Record the values and air-dry the ‘specimens and store them in a sealed container for future use, b) Before using a new slider, ewing it five times ‘over the dey surface of a polished Criggion ‘specimen following with a further 20 swings on its wetted surface, Keep the Criggion specimen used for this purpose apart from the Criggion calibration specimens tested in ¢); it may be use repeatedly provided its value (when wet) does no: fall below 55,©) Before measuring the set of specimens polished. fon euch tost run, cock the porfarmanco of the slider by testing a Crigyion calibration specimen. Record the resulting value. Additional polishing. through repeated testing yields progressively lower values and the control shall be discarded. ‘when its value falls below 57. new control shall then he drawn from the stock. Ha cheele vahie is more than 2 units lower (or one unit higher) than the last recorded value for the control, discontinue testing and rectify any fault in the instrument or its operation or due to changes in the elider. It is recommended that more than one slider be kept in use to help differentiate between ‘faulty slider and a dofective instrumont. @) Discard any slider that develops excessive burring and scoring through prolonged use. 10.4 Rigidly locate the first tost specimen with its Jonger dimension lying in the track af the pendulum, and centrally with respect to the rubber slider and ‘to the axis of suspension of the penduhim, Locate it in such a way that the slider of the pendulum will, ‘traverse it in the same direction as the specimen ‘travelled in the polishing machine (see 9.8). NOTE. Por this purporeit is adveable to snark onelongitudisal ‘then rom the operator during polishing, Ke sbould be nearest ‘ols during tion sting and ted cere 10.5 Adjust the height of the axis of suspension af the pendulum so that in traversing the specimen the mubher slider is in contact with it over the whole ‘wideh af the shider and over a length of 78.0 mm, as accurately as can be visually gauged. Then wet the surfaces of the specimen and the rubber slider with ‘Tho whole test procedure shall then be examined ‘und modified as necessary to ensure that those requirements for range and mean are satisfied 11.8 For satisfactory test runs (see 11.2) the PSV of ‘each sample shall be caleulated as follows. Caleulate the mean value Sof the recorded values of the four test specimens (wo from each rua) and record to the nearest 0.1 unit, Calculate the moun value Cof the recorded values of ‘the four control specimens (two from each run) and record to the nearest 0.1 unit Caleulate the PSV from the following equation: PSV = 8452.5 — [NOTE This oquation ie vaid only fir valuce of Cetwcen 48.5 andes.s 12 Expression of results Report the polished-stone value tothe nearest whole number together with the individual values and means of the test specimens and the control specimens, 18 Precision Kstimates of the repeatability (7) and roprodueibility (R,) of tho test for determining the PSV are r= Sand fy =5, NOTE Rasimates ae and Spesinone 12 These setmates ne aed on Spon oat Uy 21 laboraorios at thre level of PSV (averaging 68,3 eda Uses of provision data are described in clause 8 of BS 812-101-1984.surfaces of the specimen and the rubber slider with copious supply of clean water, being careful not to disturb the slider from its set position. Release the pendulum and pointer from the horizontal position and note the reading of the pointer to the nearest whole number. Perform this operation five times, rewetting the specimen each time, and record the mean of the last three readings to the nearest 0.1 unit. Test the specimens in the following order: 13, 1, 10, 3, 5, 12, 87, 11, 6, 4,9, 2, 14 11 Calculations 11.1 Calculate the mean of the recorded values of the two PSV control stone specimens for each test, run. Record to the nearest ().1 unit providing two results for the complote duplicated test cycles. 11.2 If the difference between the two mean values of the PSV control specimens for each teat run is greater than 4.7, the results for the test shall be rejected. If the mean value of the two PSV control specimens for either test run does not lie within the range 49.5 to 65.5 the test results shalll be rejected. 14 Test report ‘The test report shell affirm that the PSV was determined in accordance with this Part of BS 812, and whether or not a Certificate of Sampling is available. If available, a copy of the Certificate of ‘Sampling shall be provided. The test report shall contain the following additional information. a) Sample identification and sample description 1b) The polished-stone value. ©) The mean value recorded for the control stone 4) The values recorded for the four individual tes specimens and the four individual control stone specimens, cleatly indicating which specimens relate to which test run. © BST 12.199