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6. Sampling 9.2 Glass Color Standard Procedure—To define more pre-
6.1 The sample shall be selected in general accordance with cisely the color of the supematant liquid of the test sample, five
Practice D 75. glass standard colors shall be used using the following colors:
GardnerColor OrganicPlate No.
7. Test Sample StandardNo.
7.1 The test sample shall have a mass of about approxi- 5 1
mately 450 g (1 lb) and be taken from the larger sample in 8 2
accordance with Practice C 702. 11 3 (standard)
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8. Procedure 16 5
8.1 Fill a glass bottle to the approximately 130-mL (4!& The comparison procedure described in 9.1 shall be used,
fluid OZ) level with the sample of the fine aggregate to be except that the organic plate number which is nearest the color
tested. of the supernatant liquid above the test specimen shall be
8.2 Add the sodium hydroxide solution until the volume of reported. When using this procedure, it is not necessary to
the fine aggregate and liquid, indicated after shaking, is prepare the standard color solution.
approximately 200 rnL (7 fluid OZ).
8.3 Stopper the bottle, shake vigorously, and then allow to 10. Interpretation of Results
stand for 24 h. 10.1 When a sample subjected to this procedure produces a
color darker than the standard color, or Organic Plate No. 3
9. Determination of Color Value (Gardner Color Standard No. 11), the fine aggregate under test
9.1 Standard Color Solution Procedure—At the end of the shall be considered to possibly contain injurious organic
24-h standing period, fill a glass bottle to the approximately impurities. It is advisable to perform further tests before
75-mL (2Yz-fluid OZ) level with the fresh standard color approving the fine aggregate for use in concrete.
solution, prepared not longer than 2 h previously, as prescribed
in 5.2. Hold the bottle with the test sample and the bottle with 11. Precision and Bias
the standard color solution side-by-side, and compare the color
11.1 Since this test produces no numerical values, determi-
of light transmitted through the supernatant liquid above the
nation of the precision and bias is not possible.
sample with the color of light transmitted through the standard
color solution. Record whether the color of the supernatant
12. Keywords
liquid is lighter, darker, or equal to the color of the standard
color solution. 12.1 calorimetric test; fine aggregate; organic impurities
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