Designation:C232/C232M−14StandardTestMethodforBleedingofConcrete1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationC232/C232M;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope*1.1Thistestmethodcoversthedeterminationoftherelativequantityofmixingwaterthatwillbleedfromasampleoffreshlymixedconcrete.1.2Whenvariousconcretesaretobecompared,ifthebatchesareofsimilarunitweight,thesamplemassesshallnotdifferbymorethan1kg[2lb].1.3ThevaluesstatedineitherSIunitsorinch-poundunitsaretoberegardedseparatelyasstandard.Thevaluesstatedineachsystemmaynotbeexactequivalents;therefore,eachsystemshallbeusedindependentlyoftheother.Combiningvaluesfromthetwosystemsmayresultinnon-conformancewiththestandard.SomevalueshaveonlySIunitsbecausetheinch-poundequivalentsarenotusedinpractice.NOTE1—SievesizeisidentifiedbyitsstandarddesignationinSpeci-ficationE11.thealternativedesignationgiveninparenthesesisforinformationonlyanddoesnotrepresentadifferentstandardsievesize.1.4Thetextofthisstandardreferencesnotesandfootnoteswhichprovideexplanatorymaterial.Thesenotesandfootnotes(excludingthoseintablesandfigures)shallnotbeconsideredasrequirementsofthestandard.1.5Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappro-priatesafetyandhealthpracticesanddeterminetheapplica-bilityofregulatorylimitationspriortouse.(Warning—Freshhydrauliccementitiousmixturesarecausticandmaycausechemicalburnstoskinandtissueuponprolongedexposure).22.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:3C29/C29MTestMethodforBulkDensity(“UnitWeight”)andVoidsinAggregateC125TerminologyRelatingtoConcreteandConcreteAg-gregatesC138/C138MTestMethodforDensity(UnitWeight),Yield,andAirContent(Gravimetric)ofConcreteC172/C172MPracticeforSamplingFreshlyMixedCon-creteC...
