ASTM C618-15
Standard Specification for Coal Fly Ash and Raw or Calcined Natural Pozzolan for Use in Concrete

Standard No.
ASTM C618-15
Release Date
2015
Published By
American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
Status
Replace By
ASTM C618-17
Latest
ASTM C618-23e1
Scope

1.1 This specification covers coal fly ash and raw or calcined natural pozzolan for use in concrete where cementitious or pozzolanic action, or both, is desired, or where other properties normally attributed to fly ash or pozzolans may be desired, or where both objectives are to be achieved.

Note 1: Finely divided materials may tend to reduce the entrained air content of concrete. Hence, if a fly ash or natural pozzolan is added to any concrete for which entrainment of air is specified, provision should be made to ensure that the specified air content is maintained by air content tests and by use of additional air-entraining admixture or use of an air-entraining admixture in combination with air-entraining hydraulic cement.

(A) The use of Class F pozzolan containing up to 12.08201;% loss on ignition may be approved by the user if either acceptable performance records or laboratory test results are made available.
(A) The strength activity index with portland cement is not to be considered a measure of the compressive strength of concrete containing the fly ash or natural pozzolan. The mass of fly ash or natural pozzolan specified for the test to determine the strength activity index with portland cement is not considered to be the proportion recommended for the concrete to be used in the work. The optimum amount of fly ash or natural pozzolan for any specific project is determined by the required properties of the concrete and other constituents of the concrete and is to be established by testing. Strength activity index with portland cement is a measure of reactivity with a given cement and is subject to variation depending on the source of both the fly ash or natural pozzolan and the cement.
(B) Meeting the 7 day or 28 day strength activity index will indicate specification compliance.
(C) If the fly ash or natural pozzolan will constitute more than 208201;% by mass of the cementitious material in the project mixture, the test specimens for autoclave expansion shall contain that anticipated percentage. Excessive autoclave expansion is highly significant in cases where water to cementitious material ratios are low, for example, in block or shotcrete mixtures.
(A) Determination of compliance or noncompliance with the requirement relating to increase in drying shrinkage will be made only at the request of the purchaser.
(B)