Designation:C136/C136M−14StandardTestMethodforSieveAnalysisofFineandCoarseAggregates1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationC136/C136M;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.ThisstandardhasbeenapprovedforusebyagenciesoftheU.S.DepartmentofDefense.1.Scope*1.1Thistestmethodcoversthedeterminationoftheparticlesizedistributionoffineandcoarseaggregatesbysieving.1.2Somespecificationsforaggregateswhichreferencethistestmethodcontaingradingrequirementsincludingbothcoarseandfinefractions.Instructionsareincludedforsieveanalysisofsuchaggregates.1.3Units—ThevaluesstatedineitherSIunitsorinch-poundunitsaretoberegardedseparatelyasstandard.Thevaluesstatedineachsystemmaynotbeexactequivalents;therefore,eachsystemshallbeusedindependentlyoftheother.Combiningvaluesfromthetwosystemsmayresultinnon-conformancewiththestandard.NOTE1—SievesizeisidentifiedbyitsstandarddesignationinSpeci-ficationE11.Thealternativedesignationgiveninparenthesesisforinformationonlyanddoesnotrepresentadifferentstandardsievesize.SpecificationE11citesthefollowingwithrespecttoSIunitsversusinch-poundunitsasstandard.“ThevaluesstatedinSIunitsshallbeconsideredstandardforthedimensionsofthesieveclothopeningsandthewirediametersusedinthesievecloth.Thevaluesstatedininch-poundunitsshallbeconsideredstandardwithregardtothesieveframes,pans,”andcovers.1.4Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappro-priatesafetyandhealthpracticesanddeterminetheapplica-bilityofregulatorylimitationspriortouse.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2C117TestMethodforMaterialsFinerthan75-µm(No.200)SieveinMineralAggregatesbyWashingC125TerminologyRelatingtoConcreteandConcreteAg-gregatesC637SpecificationforAggregatesforRadiation-Shie...
