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Time of Setting of Hydraulic Cement Mortar by Modified Vicat Needle
Time of Setting of Hydraulic Cement Mortar by Modified Vicat Needle
for the
Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
Designation: C807 − 13
1. Scope* C187 Test Method for Amount of Water Required for Nor-
1.1 This test method covers the determination of the time of mal Consistency of Hydraulic Cement Paste
setting of hydraulic cement mortar by means of the modified C219 Terminology Relating to Hydraulic Cement
Vicat needle. C305 Practice for Mechanical Mixing of Hydraulic Cement
Pastes and Mortars of Plastic Consistency
1.2 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as C511 Specification for Mixing Rooms, Moist Cabinets,
standard. No other units of measurement are included in this Moist Rooms, and Water Storage Tanks Used in the
standard. Testing of Hydraulic Cements and Concretes
1.3 This standard does not purport to address all of the C670 Practice for Preparing Precision and Bias Statements
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the for Test Methods for Construction Materials
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro- C778 Specification for Standard Sand
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica- C845 Specification for Expansive Hydraulic Cement
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use. (Warning—Fresh C1005 Specification for Reference Masses and Devices for
hydraulic cementitious mixtures are caustic and may cause Determining Mass and Volume for Use in the Physical
chemical burns to skin and tissue upon prolonged exposure.2) Testing of Hydraulic Cements
1.4 The text of this standard references notes and footnotes D1193 Specification for Reagent Water
which provide explanatory material. These notes and footnotes
(excluding those in tables and figures) shall not be considered 3. Terminology
as requirements of the standard. 3.1 Terms used in this standard are defined in Terminology
1.5 This international standard was developed in accor- C219.
dance with internationally recognized principles on standard-
ization established in the Decision on Principles for the 4. Summary of Test Method
Development of International Standards, Guides and Recom- 4.1 A mortar is prepared with the cement to be tested, using
mendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical stipulated quantities of cement and water, and sufficient stan-
Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee. dard sand to produce a required consistency as determined by
2. Referenced Documents a stipulated penetration using the plunger of the modified Vicat
apparatus. Mortar of the proper consistency is then tested for
2.1 ASTM Standards:3 time of setting, using the needle of the modified Vicat
C109/C109M Test Method for Compressive Strength of apparatus for the determination of a stipulated penetration. The
Hydraulic Cement Mortars (Using 2-in. or [50-mm] Cube time required to obtain the stipulated penetration of the
Specimens) modified Vicat needle is the time of setting.
C183 Practice for Sampling and the Amount of Testing of
Hydraulic Cement 5. Significance and Use
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This test method is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee C01 on Cement
5.1 The purpose of this test method is to establish whether
and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee C01.30 on Time of Set. or not a cement complies with a specification limit on time of
Current edition approved Dec. 1, 2013. Published January 2014. Originally setting. It has been found to be particularly applicable for the
approved in 1975. Last previous edition approved in 2008 as C807 – 08. DOI: determination of the setting time of expansive cements (see
10.1520/C0807-13.
2
See the section on Safety, Manual of Cement Testing, Annual Book of ASTM
Specification C845).
Standards, Vol 04.01.
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For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or 6. Apparatus
contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM
Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on 6.1 Tamper and Trowel, conforming to the requirements of
the ASTM website. Test Method C109/C109M. In addition, the edges of the trowel
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C807 − 13
11. Calculation ducted tests from two different laboratories on samples of the
11.1 Calculate the time of setting to the nearest one minute same cement should not differ by more than 43 min.
as follows: (See Note 1)
SS ~~ H 2 E!
C 2 D!D3 ~ C 2 10! 1E D (1)
13.2 No information can be presented on the bias of the
procedure in this test method for measuring time of setting
where: because no material having an accepted reference value is
available.
E = time in minutes of last penetration greater than 10 mm,
H = time in minutes of first penetration less than 10 mm, NOTE 1—These numbers represent, respectively, the 1s and d2s limits
C = penetration reading at Time E, and as defined in Practice C670.
D = penetration reading at Time H.
14. Keywords
12. Report
14.1 hydraulic-cement mortar; time of setting; Vicat needle,
12.1 Report the time of setting in minutes, to the nearest one expansive
minute.
13. Precision and Bias
13.1 The multilaboratory standard deviation has been found
to be 15.2 min. Therefore, the results of two properly con-
SUMMARY OF CHANGES
Committee C01 has identified the location of selected changes to this test method since the last issue,
C807 – 08, that may impact the use of this test method. (Approved Dec. 1, 2013)
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