Designation:C56−13StandardSpecificationforStructuralClayNonloadbearingTile1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationC56;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.ThisstandardhasbeenapprovedforusebyagenciesoftheDepartmentofDefense.1.Scope*1.1Thisspecificationcoversstructuralclaynonloadbearingtile(partition,fireproofing,andfurring).1.2Thepropertyrequirementsofthisspecificationapplyatthetimeofpurchase.Theuseofresultsfromtestingoftileextractedfrommasonrystructuresfordeterminingconfor-manceornon-conformancetothepropertyrequirements(Sec-tion5)ofthisstandardisbeyondthescopeofthisspecification.1.3Tilecoveredbythisspecificationaremanufacturedfromclay,shale,orsimilarnaturallyoccurringsubstancesandsubjectedtoaheattreatmentatelevatedtemperatures(firing).Theheattreatmentmustdevelopsufficientfiredbondbetweentheparticulateconstituentstoprovidethestrengthanddura-bilityrequirementsofthisspecification.(SeefiringandfiredbondinTerminologyC1232.)1.4Fireproofingtileintendedforuseinload-bearingma-sonryshallconformtoSpecificationC34.1.5Tileintendedforuseinfireproofingstructuralmembersshallbeofsuchsizesandshapesthattheycanbeerectedtocovercompletelytheexposedsurfacesofthemembers.1.6Thetextofthisspecificationreferencesnotesandfootnotesthatprovideexplanatorymaterial.Thesenotesandfootnotes(excludingthoseintablesandfigures)shallnotbeconsideredasrequirementsofthisspecification.1.7Thevaluesstatedininch-poundunitsaretoberegardedasstandard.ThevaluesgiveninparenthesesaremathematicalconversionstoSIunitsthatareprovidedforinformationonlyandarenotconsideredstandard.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2C34SpecificationforStructuralClayLoad-BearingWallTileC67TestMethodsforSamplingandTestingBrickandStructuralClayTileC1232TerminologyofMasonry3.Terminology3.1Definitions—Fordefinitionsrela...
