Designation:C123/C123M−14AmericanAssociationStateHighwayandTransportationStandardAASHTONo.:T113StandardTestMethodforLightweightParticlesinAggregate1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationC123/C123M;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.ThisstandardhasbeenapprovedforusebyagenciesoftheU.S.DepartmentofDefense.1.Scope1.1Thistestmethodcoversthedeterminationoftheper-centageoflightweightparticlesinaggregatebymeansofsink-floatseparationinaheavyliquidofsuitablespecificgravity.1.2ThevaluesstatedineitherSIunitsorinch-poundunitsaretoberegardedseparatelyasstandard.Thevaluesstatedineachsystemmaynotbeexactequivalents;therefore,eachsystemshallbeusedindependentlyoftheother.Combiningvaluesfromthetwosystemsmayresultinnon-conformancewiththestandard.SomevalueshaveonlySIunitsbecausetheinch-poundequivalentsarenotusedinthepractice.NOTE1—SievesizeisidentifiedbyitsstandarddesignationinSpeci-ficationE11.Thealternativedesignationgiveninparenthesesisforinformationonlyanddoesnotrepresentadifferentstandardsievesize.1.3Thetextofthisstandardreferencesnotesandfootnoteswhichprovideexplanatorymaterial.Thesenotesandfootnotes(excludingthoseintablesandfigures)shallnotbeconsideredasrequirementsofthestandard.1.4Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappro-priatesafetyandhealthpracticesanddeterminetheapplica-bilityofregulatorylimitationspriortouse.Foraspecifichazardstatement,see6.1.4.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2C33SpecificationforConcreteAggregatesC125TerminologyRelatingtoConcreteandConcreteAg-gregatesC127TestMethodforDensity,RelativeDensity(SpecificGravity),andAbsorptionofCoarseAggregateC128TestMethodforDensity,RelativeDensity(SpecificGravity),andAbsorptionofFineAggregate...
