IS : 10360 - 1982

(Reaffirmed 1993)

( Reaffirmed 1998 )

Indian Standard

SPECIFICATION
FOR
LIME-POZZOLANA
CONCRETE
BLOCKS FOR PAVING
(FirstReprint SEPTEMBER 1998)

UDC 666.953

: 666.974-431

: 625.82

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BUREAU
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OF

BHAVAN,

INDIAN

STANDARDS

9 BAHADUR
SHAH
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ZAFAR

MARG

February 1983

IS: 10360-1982

Indian Standard
SPECIFICATION FOR
LIME-POZZOLANA
CONCRETE
BLOCKS FOR PAVING
Building

Limes

Sectional

Committee,

BDC

A. P. F.ngin&ring
Resrarch
I,al)oratorirs
Govc~rnment
of Andhra Pradesh. Hydwnl~ad
Members
Skmt V. S. AQARWALA

r:nginccr-in-Chiefs
Branch,
llinistry
of Drfence
MAJ S. P. SHA~UA ( Alkrtxzte )
SHRI SURAJ S. J. BAHADUR
Housing
and
Urban
Development
Corporation,
New Wlhi
SHR.1 S. K. BANERJEl
National
lcst Houw, Calcutta
SHRI D. K. I(ANUQ0 ( .4k?~le
)
DR S. K. CHOPRA
Cement Rcwarch
Instirutr
of India, New Delhi
SKRI Ii. C. NXRANC ( nltrrnnle )
DJRECTW
Central
Soil
and Materials
Research
Station,
New Delhi
DEPUTY DIRECTOR ( Alkrna~e )
DIRECTOR, GERI, VA~O~AK~
Public Works Department,
Government
of Gujarat,

i\hmndahad
RESEAR~II OIW~~ITR ( M \TERIAI, TESTING DAVIDSON) ( Allernate )
HOUSING COMMISSIONER
Rajasthan
Housing Board. ,Jaipur
DIRECTOR
RESEARCH Ministry of Railway-s
JOWT
( B Sr S ), RDSO
DEPUTY DIXECTOR RESIURCII ( Alternafe )
SHRI I-I. L. MARWAH
Builders Assocition
of India, Ibxnhay
SHRI HARISII C. ROI~LI ( A[trrtrn/e )
DR IRRHAD MASOOD
Central
Building
Rrsearch
Institute

Roorkee

( CSIR

),

Sw<r S. P. G \RG ( dl/~mn/e )

DR S. C. M.~u~)(:xL
SHRI N. MACE~O

Department
of Science and Technology,
New Delhi
Dyers Stone Co Pvt Ltd. Delhi
Smtr P. B. M~HAN Rao
Khndi and Village Industries Commission, Bombay
SJTR~E. RAMAI.HANDRAN ( Alternate)
( Continued on page 2 )

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IS:10360--1982

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Alternotr )

Rcsrarch

National

Organization,

Buildings

SJlJVASTAVA

_I

SJ~KI R. G. CIIPTQ

Institute

( CSIR

New Delhi

Alternate )
( W ) Public
Works Department,
Government
of Madhya
Pradesh,
I~hopal
SJ~RI R. N. KHANXA
( Alternate )
Government
Department,
SU~JCJ~JNTENUJNO
ESOINJGGJL ( PLO
hJbb2
Works
Iamil Nadu, Madras
& I)kXION
)

SUPEILINTENI~INO

I:xlscuTJvs

),

Lime Manufacturers
Association
of India, New Delhi
Department
of Mines and Gc~Agy,
Government
of
Raiasthan.
Udairlur

REPJWSJINTATJVE

C;II~~, K . N .

Crntral
Roatl
New Dt~llri

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E~~(*JNEJCR

( RWEARCJI ) ( Ahernatc )
SIWI G. RAMAN,
Director
( Civ Engg )

Director

General,

IS1 ( Ex-oflcio Mdcr

secretary
Slllll

Assistant

s.

Director

SENC.UPIA

( Civ Icngg ), ISI

of

IS :10360-

1982

Indian Standard
SPECIFICATION FOR
LIME-POZZOLANA CONCRETE
BLOCKS FOR PAVING
0.
0.1 This

Indian
Standard
Institution
on 25 October
Sectional
Committee
had
Division
Council.

FOREWORD
was
1982,
hrrn

adopted
by the
Indian
after
the draft finalized
approved
by the Civil

Standards
by the Lime
Engineering

0.2 In urban
areas, it is a common
practice
to construct
footpaths
for
Such footpaths
are conventionally
safe movement
of the pedestrians.
materials,
made
with
a variety
of
construction
such
as
cement
concrete,
cast in situ or precast
blocks,
stone tiles, burnt clay bricks 01
water-bound
macadam
with bituminous
top, etc.
In addition,
blocks
made by using lime and pozzolana
or lime-pozzolana
mixture
can also be
conveniently
used
for use in footpaths,
pavements,
passenger
waiting
Pozzolanas
used for such
purpose
sheds at bus stops and other places.
may be either flyash available
in lar,ge quantity
as a waste material
from
coal-based
thermal
power stations or burnt clay pozzolana.
The method
of manufacture
and curing
of such blocks has been covered
separately.
This standard
is intended
to provide
guidance
with regard
to dimensions,
and physical
properties.
0.3 This standard
contains
use his option for selection

clause 5.1.1 which

permits
to suit his requirements.

0.4 In the preparation

of this standard,
rendered
by the Central
Road Research

the

purchaser

considerable
assistance
Institute,
Sew Delhi.

has

to

been

a particular
requirement
of this
0.5 For the purpose
of decidin g whether
standard
is complied
with,
the final
value,
observed
or calculated,
expressing
the
result of a test or analysis,
shall
be rounded
off in
accordance
with IS : 2-1960*.
The number
of significant
places
retained
in the rounded
off value should he the same as that of the specified
value
in this standard.
*Rules

for rounding

off numerical

values

( rrcised

).

IS : 10360 - 1982
1. SCOPE
1.1 This standard
of lime-pozzolana

covers
concrete

dimensions,
quality and strength
blocks for use in paving.

requirements

2. TERMPNOLOGY
2.1 For the purpose of this standard,
1978* and IS : 6508-19727 shall apply.

gi\r(>n in IS : 3115-

the definitions

3. MATERIALS
3.1 Lime
3.2 Fly

Shall conform

Ash

3.3 Burnt
3.4 Lime

Shall conform

Clay Pozzolana
Pozzolana

3.5 Coarse

) of IS : 712-1973:.

to class C: ( hydrated
to grade
-

Mixture

I of IS : 3812-19815.

Shall conform
-

Shall

and Fine Aggregates

to IS : 1344-1082!j.

conform

to IS : 4098-1967$.

Shall be either natural

of the blocks
3.6 Water - Water used in the manufacture
clean and free from harmful
amount
of deleterious material.
water is generally considered
satisfactory.
4. GENERAL

or crushed

to IS : 383- 1970**.

stone conforming

shall be
Potable

REQUIREMENTS

4.1 The iime pozzolana concrete blocks for pnviny shall be manufactured
from lime, flyash or burnt clay pozzolana or lime-pozzolana
mixture and
coarse and fine aggregates
in accordance
with the provision
given in
All blocks shall he solmd, free from cracks,
broken
IS : 10359-1982tt.
edges
and
the unit.

other

*Specification for
tGlossary
of terms
$Specitication
for
$Specification
for
\/Specification
for
7Specification
for
**Coarse and fine
ttCode
of practice
paving

defects

that

\vould

interfere

\\.ith

th?

pror,er

placing

of

lime based blocks ( jrsf re~*ision 1.

relating to building lime.
building limes ( second re~~ision).
fly ash for use as pozzolana
and admixtures
(firs! r&ion ).
calcined clay pozzolana
( secorrd recGwz ).
lime-pozzolana
mixture.
aggregates
from natural sources for concrete ( swond vcision ).
for manufacture
and use of lime pozzolnna
conc~c~~~ 1A~k for

IS : 10360 - 1982
5. DIMENSIONS

AND

TOLERANCES

5.1 Dimensions
- The standard
to the procedure
given
1979* shall be as follows:

size of the
in Appendix

according

blocks
when
measured
A of JS : 2185 ( Part I )-

Length

300 m1n

Width

300 mm

Height

100 mm

NOTE - In view of low abrasive

resistance
of lime pozzofana
concrete
( .W 6 ),
the blocks shall be provided
with a thin wearing coarw of cement sand mortar cast
integrally
with the lime pozzolnna
concrete.
NOTE 2 - Of the total height of 100 mm, the bottom 90 mm
pozzolana
concrete and top 10 mm of ccmrnt
sand morMr.

5.1.1
between

Sizes other than those mentioned

the supplier
and the purchaser.

in 5.1 may

shall

bc supplied

5.2 Tolerances
- The maximum
variation
in length, width
of a block
shall not be more than
-f5 mm,
f5
mm and
respectively.
6. PHYSICAL

consist

of Iimr

as agreed

and height
f I.50 mm

REQUIREMENTS

6.1 Compressive
Strength - The
minimum
average
compressive
strength
of the blocks
when
tested
in accordance
with the procedure
laid down in Appendix
C of IS : 2185 (Part
I )-1979* shall he 3.5 N/mm2
( 35 kgf/cm2
).
6.2 Drying
Shrinkage - The
drying
shrinkage
of the blocks wlten
determined
according
to the procedure
given in Appendix
E of IS : 2185
( Part I )-1979* shall not exceed 0.1 percent.
6.3 Moisture
Movement
- The moisture
movement
of the dried l~locks
on immersion
in w*ater when
determined
in the manner
described
in
Appendix
F of XS : 2185 ( Part I )-lJi!~* shall not exceed 0.05 prrcc,nt.
resistance
of the top tvearing
6.4 Abrasion
Resistance - The abrasion
course surface
( 1:3 cement-stid
mortar
) of the blocks shall be tested
in
The
accordance
\vith
the procedure
laid
down
in IS : 9284-19797.
maximum
value of abrasion
loss shall be 0.4 percent.
*Specification for concrete
( rerotid ret it ion).
+Aiethotli
of tlctcrmination

masonry

units : Part I Hollow

of r&tance

to wear

and

hy ahrasion

solid

concrete

of concrete.

blocks

IS : 10360 - 1982
6.5 Flexural Strength - When tested in accordance
with the method
given in IS : 2690 ( Part II )-1975*, the minimum
average
modulus
of
rupture shall be 0.5 N/mm2 ( 5 kgf/cm2 ).
7. MARKING
7.1 Each
following

block shall
information:

a) Manufacturers

be
name

b) Year of manufacture,
7.1.1

The product

clearly

and

permanently

or trade-mark,

marked

with

the

if any; and

if required.

may also bc marked with Standard

mark.

7.2
The use of the Standard Mark is governed
by the provisions
of the
B~rctr~ O/ Il7diotl Stundnrds
Acr, 19S6 and the Rules and Regulation
nladc
thrrcundcr.
The details of conditions
under which the liceilce for the USC ol
Standard Mark nlav be granted to manufacturers
or producers
Inay lx obtained
Prom the Bureau of lndbn Standards.

8. SAMPLING

AND

CRITERIA

FOR

CONFORMITY

8.1 The method of selecting blocks and the criterion

be as given in Appendix
A.

APPENDIX
( Clause 8.1 )
SAMPLING
A-l.

AND

CRITERION

FOR

for conformity

shall

A
CONFORMITY

LOT

A-l.1 In any consignment,

all the blocks of the same size and from
the same batch of manufacture
shall be grouped
together
into group
Each such group shall constitute a lot.
of 1 000 blocks or less.
A-2.

SAMPLE

SIZE

A-2.1 From each lot, a sample of 15 blocks shall be selected at random.

In order to ensure randomness
of selection,
random
number
tables as
agreed between the purchaser
and the supplier shall be used.
*Specification for burnt clay flat terracing tiler : Part II Hand made ( jfrsfrtrition
).
6

IS : 10360 - 1982
A-3. NUMBER
A-3.1

OF TEST

AlI the 15 blocks shall be checked

inspected

for visual

defects

for dimensions

(see 5 ) and then

( see 4 ).

A-3.2 Out of the 15 blocks, three blocks shall be subjected to the test for
compressive
strength,
( see 6.1 ) three blocks to the test for drying shrinkage ( see 6.2 ) and later to the test for moisture
movement
( see 6.3 )
three blocks to the test for abrasion resistance
( see 6.4 ) and three blocks
to the test fbr flcxural strength ( see 6.5 ) the remaining
3 blocks shall be
reserved for retest for drying shrinkage
and moisture
movement
if a
need arises.
A-4.

CRITERIA

FOR CONFORMITY

A-4.1 The lot shall be considered

as conforming
to the requirements
this standard
if the conditions
mentioned
in the respective
clauses
satisfied.

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are

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AMENDMENT

NO.

1 NOVEMBER 1994
TO
IS 10360 : 1982 SPECIFICATION FOR LIMEPOZZOLANA CONCRETE BLOCKS FOR PAVING
(Page 4, clause 2.1) -Substitute IS 3115 : 1992*for
and IS 6508 : 1988tfor IS : 6508 - 1972t.
(Page 4, clause 3.1 ) -

IS : 3115 - 1978*

IS 712 : 1984jzfor IS : 712 - 1973$.

Substitute

( Page 4, clause 3.3 ) - Substitute IS 1344 : 198111for IS : 1344 i 198211.

(Page 4, clause 3.4 ) - Substitute IS 4098 : 19831 for IS : 4098 - 19671.
(Page 4, clause 3.6 ) -

Add the following at the end:

For the limits of deleterious

made to IS 456 : 197877.

materials

permitted

in water, reference

( Puge 4, foot-notes wish *, t, $., II, ll, and t$ marks ) the existing for the following:

may be
Substitute

f.Specification for lime based blocks ( second revision ).

tC3ossary of terms relating to building lime (first revision ).
$!+ecification

for building limes ( third rrvirim ).

J~Specification for calcined clay ponolana ( second revision ).

OSpecification for lime-pozzolana
tvode

of practice

mixture (first revision ).

for plain and reinforced

concrete (third revision).

(CED4)
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AMENDMENT

NO. 2 DECEMBER 1999

TO
IS 10360 : 1982 SPECIFICATION FOR
LIME-POZZOLANA CONCRETE BLOCKS FOR PAVING
foot~oP~ge
5, footnote
tklethods

marked t ) -

Substitute

the following

for the existing

of t&t for abrasion resistance of concrete.

( Page 6, clause 6.5 ) (Palt II) : 1975*.

( Page 6, footnote
footnote:
*Specification

Substitute

marked * ) -

IS 2690 ( Part 2 ) : 1993*for

Substitute

the following

IS 2690

for the existing

for burnt clay flat terracing tiles: Part 2 Handmade ( seco& rev&ion).

(CED04)

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