Designation:C1527/C1527M−11StandardSpecificationforTravertineDimensionStone1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationC1527/C1527M;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thisspecificationcoversthematerialcharacteristics,physicalrequirements,andsamplingappropriatetotheselec-tionoftravertineforgeneralbuildingandstructuralpurposes.RefertoGuidesC1242andC1528fortheappropriateselectionanduseoftravertinedimensionstone.1.2Dimensiontravertineshallincludestonethatissawed,cut,split,orotherwisefinishedorshapedandshallspecificallyexcludemolded,cast,orotherwiseartificiallyaggregatedunitscomposedoffragments,andalsocrushedandbrokenstone.1.3ThevaluesstatedineitherSIunitsorinch-poundunitsaretoberegardedseparatelyasstandard.Thevaluesstatedineachsystemmaynotbeexactequivalents;therefore,eachsystemshallbeusedindependentlyoftheother.Combiningvaluesfromthetwosystemsmayresultinnon-conformancewiththestandard.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2C97/C97MTestMethodsforAbsorptionandBulkSpecificGravityofDimensionStoneC99/C99MTestMethodforModulusofRuptureofDimen-sionStoneC119TerminologyRelatingtoDimensionStoneC170/C170MTestMethodforCompressiveStrengthofDimensionStoneC241/C241MTestMethodforAbrasionResistanceofStoneSubjectedtoFootTrafficC880/C880MTestMethodforFlexuralStrengthofDimen-sionStoneC1242GuideforSelection,Design,andInstallationofDimensionStoneAttachmentSystemsC1353TestMethodforAbrasionResistanceofDimensionStoneSubjectedtoFootTrafficUsingaRotaryPlatform,Double-HeadAbraserC1528GuideforSelectionofDimensionStone3.Terminology3.1AlldefinitionsareinaccordancewithTerminologyC119.3.2Definitions:3.2.1fleuri-cut(cross-cut),adj—describesstonethatiscutparalleltothenaturalveining.3.2.2vein-cut,adj—describesstonethatiscutperpendiculartothenaturalveining.4.PhysicalPropert...
