Designation:C615/C615M−18´1StandardSpecificationforGraniteDimensionStone1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationC615/C615M;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.ε1NOTE—Paragraphs5.1.1and5.1.2wereremovededitoriallyinOctober2018.1.Scope1.1Thisspecificationcoversthematerialcharacteristics,physicalrequirements,andsamplingappropriatetotheselec-tionofgraniteforgeneralbuildingandstructuralpurposes.RefertoGuidesC1242andC1528fortheappropriateselectionanduseofgranitedimensionstone.1.2Granitedimensionstoneshallincludestonethatissawed,cut,split,orotherwisefinishedorshaped,andshallspecificallyexcludemolded,cast,orotherwiseartificiallyaggregatedunitscomposedoffragments,crushedandbrokenstone.1.3ThevaluesstatedineitherSIunitsorinch-poundunitsaretoberegardedseparatelyasstandard.Thevaluesstatedineachsystemmaynotbeexactequivalents;therefore,eachsystemshallbeusedindependentlyoftheother.Combiningvaluesfromthetwosystemsmayresultinnon-conformancewiththestandard.1.4Thisinternationalstandardwasdevelopedinaccor-dancewithinternationallyrecognizedprinciplesonstandard-izationestablishedintheDecisiononPrinciplesfortheDevelopmentofInternationalStandards,GuidesandRecom-mendationsissuedbytheWorldTradeOrganizationTechnicalBarrierstoTrade(TBT)Committee.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2C97/C97MTestMethodsforAbsorptionandBulkSpecificGravityofDimensionStoneC99/C99MTestMethodforModulusofRuptureofDimen-sionStoneC119TerminologyRelatingtoDimensionStoneC170/C170MTestMethodforCompressiveStrengthofDimensionStoneC241/C241MTestMethodforAbrasionResistanceofStoneSubjectedtoFootTrafficC1242GuideforSelection,Design,andInstallationofDimensionStoneAttachmentSystemsC880/C880MTestMethodforFlexuralStrengthofDimen-sionStoneC1353TestMethodforAbrasionResistanceofDimensionStoneSubjectedtoFoot...
