1. SCOPE Fine LA This specification covers. the ‘quality and grading of fine aggregate for portland cement concrete used in pave- ments or bases, highway bridges, and incidental structures. 1.2. The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as the standard. 2, REFERENCED DOCUMENTS 2A AASHTO Standards: M80 M92 3 7103 Ti Tu T 161 Coarse Aggregate for Portland Cement Concrete Wire Cloth Sieves for Testing Purposes Sampling Azgrezates “Amount of Material Finer Than 75-m Sieve in Aggregate Organic tmpurities in Fine Aggregate for Concrete Sieve Analysis of Fine and Coarse Aggre- gates Erect of Organic Im- purities in Fine Ag- sregate on Stength of Mortar Soundness of Aggre gates by Freezing and Thawing Soundness of Agsre- aes by Use of So- dium Sulfate or Mag- nesium Sulfate Clay Lumps and Fria- ble Particles in Ag- aregute Lightweight Pieces in Aggregate Resistance of Con- crete to Rapid Freez- ing and Thawing Standard Specification for Aggregate for Portland Cement Concrete AASHTO DESIGNATION: M 6-93 3. ORDERING INFORMATION 31 The purchaser shall include the following information in the purchase condet or contract when applicable: BLL 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), 3.13 If the sulfate soundness re- ‘quirement is waived (Section 8.5), Bud In the case of the sulfate soundness test (Section 8.1), which salt is to be used, If none is stated, either salt may be used, 3.1.5 If the supplementary require- ment for reactive aggregates applies (see Section 1), and ‘3.6 Any exceptions or additions to this specification. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS 4.1 Fine aggregate shall consist of natural sand or manufactured sand ot combinations thereof, having hard, ‘rong, durable particles. 42° Fine aggregate from different sources of supply shall not be mixed or stored in the same pile 5. GRADING 5.1 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 35 am (inp 10) is mm No) os 100 236 mm No.8) ° 118 mm (80.15 45100 an jr (No. 30 . Sao jum (No. 50) Ww» 150 jm (No, 100) 3 10 52 The minimum percent showa above for material passing the 300-um (No. $0) and 150-pm (No. 100) sieves may be reduced to 5 and 0, respectively, if the aggregate is 10 be used in air. ‘entrained concrete containing more than 237 kilograms of cement per cubic meter (400 Ibiyd’) or in nonairentrained con- crete containing more than 297 kilo- grams of cement per cubie meter (500 Iya) or if an approved mineral adm ture is used to supply the deficiency in percent passing these sieves. Air-en- trained concrete is here considered to be concrete containing air-entraining ce- ‘ment or an ar-entraining agent and hav- ing an ais 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 not more than 3.1 ‘S4 Fine aggregate failing to meet the sieve analysis and fineness modulus requirements of Sections 5.1, 52, oF 5.3, may be accepted provided that concrete made with similar fine aggregate from the same source has an acceptable perfor- ‘mance record in similar concrete con- struction; or in the absence of a demon- strable service record, provided that it is 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 xaf source having an acceptable perfor- mmanee record in similar concrete con- struction, NOTE 1—Fine aggregate that conforms to the grating requirements ofa specification, prepared by another organization such a6 & Sate tansporation agency, which isin gen- eral use inthe area, should be considered 35 having a saisfactory service record with gant to those concrete properties affected ‘by grading NOTE 2—Relevant properties are those Properties of the concrete Which are important ‘othe particular application being consiered. ‘STP 169B' provides discussion of important concrete peopertis, 6. UNIFORMITY OF GRADING 6.1 Forcontinuing shipments of fine aggregate from a given source, the fine- ness modulus shall not 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 necessary, the base fineness modulus ‘may be changed when approved by the purchaser. NOTE 3—The base fineness modulus should be determined from previous test, of if no previous tests exist, from the average of the fineness modulus values for the fist 10 samples (or all preceding samples if less than 10) on the order, The proportioning of ‘concrete mixture may be dependent onthe base fineness modulus of the fine aggregate to be used. Therefore, when it appears that the base fineness madulus is considerably different fom the value used in selecting proportions for the concrete mixtare, a sit able adjustment inthe mixture may be neces- sary 7. DELETERIOUS SUBSTANCES. 7A The amount of deleterious sub- stances shall not exceed the following Siena Tet an Peres of Caner and conve Mating Matera, STP 1508. SST SPECIFICATIONS FOR MATERIALS limits (see table entitled “Deleterious ‘Substances Limits") NOTE 4—The purchaser o¢ specifier, de to knowledge ofthe requirements ofthe work and the constituents of jelly available ag ‘regate, should insert appropriate requre- ments when needed 72. Organic Impurities. 72.1 Fine agsregate shall be free of injurious amounts of organic impurities. Except as herein provided, aggregates subjected to the test for organic impuri- ties and producing a color darker than the standard shall be rejected 72.2 A fine aggregate fuling in the test may be used, provided thatthe dis- coloration is due principally to the pres ence of small quantities of coal, lignite, ‘or similar discrete particles. 723° A fine aggregate failing in the test may be used, provided that, when tested for the effect of organic impurities fon strength of moran, the relative strength at 7 days calculated in accor dance with T 71 is not les than 95 per- cent. 8. SOUNDNESS 8.1 Except as provided in Sections 8.2 through 8:5 fine aggregate subjected to five eycles 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 M6 isiven satisfactory service when exposed to weathering similar (0 that to be en- countered. 83 Fine aggregate not having a de. monstrable service record and failing to meet the requirements of Section 8.1 ray be accepted, provided it gives satis. factory results in concrete subjected to freezing and thawing tests. (See T 161.) ‘$d 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 alternate freezing and thawing test of unconfined aggregate and may be accepted provided it gives satisfactory result. NOTE $—The purchaser or specifi should determine the det of the evalacon and criteria for determining satisfactory per formance in Sections 8.2.83, and 8.4, 8S The requirements for soundness given in Section 8.1 may be waived in the case of aggregate for use in structures fr portions of structures not exposed to weathering 9. METHODS OF SAMPLING AND TESTING 9.1 Sampling and testing of fine ag- ‘gregate shall be in accordance with the following methods of be American As- sociation of State Highway and Trans- portation Officials 9.1.1 Sampling —T 9.1.2 Sieve analvs's and fineness ‘modulus—T 27, 913 Clay lumps =~ friable parti- cles—T 112, 9.14 Coal and Lime 113, us- Deeteros Substances Limits cass A cas 8 Masi, Sexi Mass Poet Mass Pen Cy op ad ate prs 30 30 Conon me 3s to Sn ie an 7.30 ve in comice blow sr ron vot mort 20 40 oN Ger es Sone ome on _ 30 so me ts inc oc Sle ‘ia mca coved rans nd Sot fly psy _ Nae we 3 BLM6 ing & Tiquid of 2.0 specific gravity 1 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 lig- site 91.5 Material finer than 75ym (No. 200)—T 11, 91.6 Organic impurities 21. 91:7 Effect of organic impurities on strength —T 71. 91.8 Sulfate soundness—T 104. 94.9 Soundness (unconfined frees: ing and thawing)-—T 103, 91.10 Freezing and thawing of con- cree—T 161. SPECIFICATIONS FOR MATERIALS SUPPLEMENTARY REQUIREMENT ‘The following supplementary require- meat applies only when specifically slated in the order or contract. Si. REACTIVE AGGREGATE SL Fine aggregate for use in con- crete that will be subject to wetting, ex- tended exposure to humid atmosphere, fr contact with moist ground shall not contain any materials that are deleter ously reactive with the alkalies in the cement in an amount sufficient to cause excessive expansion of morar or 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 fof @ 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 nommally be specified only in areas having & history of reactive aggregate, ‘except for unusually critical strectures, save costs and delays due to uanecessary testing. » gs