Fine Aggregate for Portland Cement Concrete 1, SCOPE LL This specification covers the quality and grading of fine aggregate for portland cement concrete used in pave- ments of bases, highway bridges, and incidental structures. 1.2 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as the standard. 2, REFERENCED DOCUMENTS 21. AASHTO Standards: M80 Coarse Aggregate for Portland Cement Concrete M92. Wire Cloth Sieves for Testing Purposes Sampling Aggregates 1 Amount of Material Finer Than 75-yim Sieve in Aggregate T 21 Onganie Impurities in Fine Aggregate for Concrete T 27 Sieve Analysis of Fine and Coarse Aggregates T 71 Effect of Organic Im- purities in Fine Ag- sregate on Strength of Morar T 103. Soundness of Aggre- gates by Freezing and Thawing T 104 Soundness of Aggre- gates by Use of So- dium Sulfate or Mag- nesium Sulfate 112 Clay Lumps and Fria- ble Particles in Aggregate T 113. Lightweight Pieces in Aggregate 4a Standard Specification for AASHTO DESIGNATION: M 6.93 T 161 Resistance of Con- crete to Rapid Freez- ing and Thawing 3. ORDERING INFORMATION 3.1 The purchaser shall include the following information in the purchase order or contract when applicable: 3.11 Reference to this Specification, M 6, and year of issue, 3.12 Whether the deleterious sub- stances limits for Class A or Class B apply. and limits on other deleterious substances (Section 7.1 and Note 3), 3.3 If the sulfate soundness quirement is waived (Section 8.5), 34 In the case of the sulfate soundiness test (Section 8.1), which salt is to be used. If none is stated, either salt may be used. 3S If the supplementary require iment for reactive aggregates applies (see Section $1), and 3.1.6 Any exceptions or additions to this specification. 4. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS 4. Fine aggregate shall consist of aural sand or manufactured sand or combinations thereof, having hard, strong. durable particles. 42° Fine aggregate from different sources of supply shall not be mixed or stored in the same pile. 5. GRADING SL Fine aggregate, when tested by means of laboratory sieves, shall con- form to the following requirements, ex- cept as provided in Sections 5.2 and 5.3: Mass ——Seve____Parmem Passing _ 95 mm (7% im) 190 475 mm (No. 3) 95 c0 100 2.36 mm (No. 8) 80 19 100, 1B eum (No. 160 30 0 85 1600 jum «No. 301 28 10 00 300 jum «No, 501 1010 0 150 ym «No. 1001 200 10 5.2 The minimum percent shown above for material passing the 300-4m (No. 50) and 150-ym (No. 100) sieves may be reduced to 5 and 0, respectively. if the aggregate is to be used in air ‘entrained concrete containing more than 237 kilograms of cement per cubic meter (400 Ib/yd?) or in nonairentrained con- crete containing more than 297 kilo grams of cement per cubic meter (500 Ib/yd) of if an approved mineral admix- ture is used to supply the deficiency in percent passing these sieves. Airen- ‘rained concrete is here considered to be concrete containing air-entraining ce~ ‘ment or an air-entraining agent and hi ‘ng an air content of more than 3 percent. 33 The fine aggregate shall have not more than 45 percent passing any sieve and retained on the next consecutive sieve of those shown in Section 5.1, and its fineness modulus shall be not less than 2.3 nor more than 3.1 3.4 Fine aggregate failing to meet the sieve analysis and fineness modulus requirements of Sections 5.1.5.2, of 5.3. may be accepted provided that concrere made with similar fine aggregate from the same source has an acceptable perfor- ‘mance record in similar concrete con: struction; of, in the absence of a demon- sirable service record, provided that itsdemonstrated that concrete of the class specified, made with the fine aggregate under consideration, will have relevant properties atleast equal to those of con- crete made with the same ingredients, ‘with the exception that a reference fine aggregate be used which is selected from source having an acceptable perfor- ‘mance record in similar concrete ‘construction, NOTE 1—Fine aggreyate that conforms to the grading requirements ofa specification. prepared bs another organization such as a Sale waasporation agencs. which isin gen- feral use in the are, should be considered as having a satisfactory service record with re- gard to those concrete properties affecied by grading NOTE 2—Relevant properties are those properties ofthe concrete which are important to the parscular application being considered. STP 1698: provides a discussion of important ‘concrete properties. 5, UNIFORMITY OF GRADING 6.1 For continuing shipments of fine aggregate from a given source. the fine- ress modulus shall no: vary more than 0.20 from the base fineness modulus. The base fineness modulus shall be that value that is typical of the source. If may be changed when approved by the purchaser MOTE The base fineness modulus should be deyrmined from previous tests. oF if no previous tess exist from the average of the fineness modulus values forthe first 10 samples tor all preceding samples if less than 10} on the order. The proporioning of concrete mixture may te dependent on the base fineness modulus of the fine aggregate to be used. Therefore, when it appears tha! the base fineness modulus is considerably different from the value used in selecting proportions for the concrete mixture, a suit ble adjustment inthe mixture may be 7. DELETERIOUS SUBSTANCES 7.4 The amount of deleterious sub- "Sane Teas aus Pepe of Conrad Coneee sissne Maer STP 1096. ASTM. 1976 SPECIFICATIONS FOR MATERIALS stances shall not exceed the following limits (see table entitled “Deleterious Substances Limits”) [NOTE 4—The purchaser or specifier. due to knowledge of the requirements of the work and the constituents of locally availble 25- aregate, should inser. appropriate require ‘ments when needed 72. Organic Impurities: 72.1 Fine aggregate shall be free of injurious amounts of organic impurities. Except as herein provided, aggregates subjected to the test for organic impuri- tues and producing a color darker than “the standard shall be rejected. 7.22. A fine aggregate failing in the test may be used, provided that the di coloration is due principally 10 the pres- ence of small quantities of coal, lignite, or similar discrete panicles. 7.2.3. A fine aggregate failing in the test may be used, provided thal, when tested for the effect of organic impurities fon strength of mora, the relative strength at 7 days calculated in accor dance with T 71 is not less than 95 percent. 8, SOUNDNESS 8.1 Except as provided in Sections 8.2 through 8.5. fine aggregate subjected 16 five cycles of the soundness test shall have a weighted average loss not greater than 10 percent when sodium sulfate is used or 15 percent when magnesium sulfate is used. 82. Fine aggregate failing to meet the requirements of Section 8.1 may be accepted, provided that concrete of com- parable properties, made from similar aggregate from the same source, has given satisfactory service when exposed to weathering similar to that 10 be encountered, 83° Fine aggregate not having a de- monstrable service record and failing to ‘meet the requirements of Section 8.1 ‘may be accepted, provided it gives satis- factory results in concrete subjected 10 freezing and thawing tests. (See T 161.) 84 Fine aggregate failing to meet the requirements given in Section 8.1 may, at the option of the purchaser or specifier, be subjected to an altemate freezing and thawing test of unconfined aggregate and may be accepted provided it gives satisfactory results NOTE $—The purchaser or specifier should determine the details ofthe evaluation land criteria for determining satistaciony per formance in Sections 82. 83. and 8.4 85. The requirements for soundness feiven in Section 8.1 may be waived in the case of aggregate for use in structures or portions of structures not exposed to weathering 9, METHODS OF SAMPLING AND TESTING 9.1 Sampling and tesung of fine ag- sgregate shall be in accordance with the following methods of the American AS- sociation of State Highway and Trans- portation Officials: 9.1.1 Sampling —T 2 912 Sieve analysis and fineness modulus—T 21, 9.13 Clay lumps and friable pari- les—T 112. 9.14 Coal and Lignite—T 113, us- Deleterious Substances Limits Cay lumps and fnable paces Coal and lignite 7 Material finer than 75-pm (Ne. 200) sieve {In concrete subject to surface abrasion ot more tha, be All other clases of concrete. not more than : Other deleterious substances (Such 38 shale skal, mica, coated grains, snd soft and flaky panicles). Class A Cis B Maximum. Maximum. Mass Percent Mass Percent 30 30 2s 0 20 40 30 50 Note 3 Nate 3M6 SPECIFICATIONS FOR MATERIALS ing 4 liquid of 2.0 specific gravity to remove the particles of coal and lignite. ‘Only material that is brownish-black, or black, shall be considered coal or lignite. Coke shall not be classed as coal or igo: 9.15 Material finer than 75um (No, 200)—T 11 9.1.6 Organic impurities—T 21 9.1.7 Effect of organic impurities on strength—T 71 9.1.8 Sulfate soundness—T 104, 919 Soundness (unconfined free: ing and thawing}—T 103. 9.1.10 Freezing and thawing of con- crete—T 161. ‘SUPPLEMENTARY REQUIREMENT ‘The following supplementary require- ‘ment applies only when specifically stated in the order or contract. Sl. REACTIVE AGGREGATE SLI Fine aggregate for use in con crete that will be subject to wetting, ex- tended exposure to humid atmosphere, ‘of contact with moist ground shall not contain any materials that are deleteri- ously reactive with the alkalies in the ‘cement in an amount sufficient to cause excessive expansion of mortar of con- crete, except that if such materials are Present in injurious amounts, the fine aggregate may be used with a cement ‘containing less than 0.60-percent alkalies calculated as sodium oxide equivalent (Na,0 + 0.658K,0) or with the addition of @ material that has been shown to prevent harmful expansion due to the alkali-aggregate reaction. (See Appendix X1 of AASHTO M 80) NOTE S1—This supplementary require- ‘ment would normally be specified only in areas having a history of reactive aggregate, except for unusually crtical structures 0 save ‘costs and delays due to unnecessary testing