ASTM C233/C233M-14 - 1.10.2014
 
Significance and Use

3.1 This test method is used to develop data for comparison with the requirements of Specification C260. These tests are based on arbitrary stipulations permitting highly standardized testing in the laboratory, and are not intended to simulate actual job conditions.

 
1. Scope

1.1 This test method covers the testing of materials proposed for use as air-entraining admixtures in the field.

1.2 The text of this test method references notes and footnotes which provide explanatory material. These notes and footnotes (excluding those in tables and figures) shall not be considered as requirements of the standard.

1.3 The values stated in either SI units or inch-pound units are to be regarded separately as standard. The values stated in each system may not be exact equivalents; therefore, each system shall be used independently of the other. Combining values from the two systems may result in non-conformance with the standard. Some values have only SI units because the inch-pound equivalents are not used in practice.

Note 1: Sieve size is identified by its standard designation in Specification E11. The alternative designation given in parentheses is for information only and does not represent a different standard sieve size.

1.4 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.

 
2. Referenced Documents

E11-24

Standard Specification for Woven Wire Test Sieve Cloth and Test Sieves

C39/C39M-26

Standard Test Method for Compressive Strength of Cylindrical Concrete Specimens

D75-03

Standard Practice for Sampling Aggregates

D1193-24

Standard Specification for Reagent Water

ACI 211.1

Recommended Practice for Selecting Proportions for Normal, Heavyweight, and Mass Concrete American Concrete Institute Manual of Concrete Practice, Part 1, pp. 211-1 to 211-38 (1993).

C33-07

Standard Specification for Concrete Aggregates

C670-24ae1

Standard Practice for Preparing Precision and Bias Statements for Test Methods for Construction Materials (Includes all amendments and changes 2/21/2025).

C666/C666M-26

Standard Test Method for Resistance of Concrete to Rapid Freezing and Thawing

C403/C403M-23

Standard Test Method for Time of Setting of Concrete Mixtures by Penetration Resistance

C260-10

Standard Specification for Air-Entraining Admixtures for Concrete

C232-07

Standard Test Methods for Bleeding of Concrete

C231-09

Standard Test Method for Air Content of Freshly Mixed Concrete by the Pressure Method

C192/C192M-26b

Standard Practice for Making and Curing Concrete Test Specimens in the Laboratory (Includes all amendments and changes 10/13/2026).

C185-20

Standard Test Method for Air Content of Hydraulic Cement Mortar

C173/C173M-26

Standard Test Method for Air Content of Freshly Mixed Concrete by the Volumetric Method

C172-08

Standard Practice for Sampling Freshly Mixed Concrete

C157/C157M-24e1

Standard Test Method for Length Change of Hardened Hydraulic-Cement Mortar and Concrete (Includes all amendments and changes 10/14/2024).

C150-07

Standard Specification for Portland Cement

C143/C143M-26b

Standard Test Method for Slump of Concrete (Includes all amendments and changes 8/6/2026).

C136-06

Standard Test Method for Sieve Analysis of Fine and Coarse Aggregates

C78-09

Standard Test Method for Flexural Strength of Concrete (Using Simple Beam with Third-Point Loading)

E70-24

Standard Test Method for pH of Aqueous Solutions With the Glass Electrode