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ASTM C94 C94M Standard Specification For Ready-Mixed Concrete

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ASTM C94 C94M Standard Specification for Ready-Mixed Concrete This specification covers ready-mixed concrete manufactured and

delivered to a purchaser in a freshly mixed and unhardened state as hereinafter specified. Requirements for quality of concrete shall be either as hereinafter specified or as specified by the purchaser. In any case where the requirements of the purchaser differ from these in this specification, the purchasers specification shall govern. This specification does not cover the placement, consolidation, curing, or protection of the concrete after delivery to the purchaser. The values stated in either I units, shown in brac!ets, or inch-pound units are to be regarded separately as standard. The values stated in each system may not be exact equivalents" therefore, each system shall be used independently of the other. #ombining values from the two systems may result in nonconformance with the standard. $s used throughout this specification the manufacturer shall be the contractor, subcontractor, supplier, or producer who furnishes the ready-mixed concrete. The purchaser shall be the owner or representative thereof. The text of this standard references notes and footnotes which provide explanatory material. These notes and footnotes %excluding those in tables and figures& shall not be considered as requirements of the standard. Basis of Purchase The basis of purchase shall be the cubic yard or cubic metre of freshly mixed and unhardened concrete as discharged from the mixer. The volume of freshly mixed and unhardened concrete in a given batch shall be determined from the total mass of the batch divided by the mass per unit volume of the concrete. The total mass of the batch shall be calculated either as the sum of the masses of all materials, including water, entering the batch or as the net mass of the concrete in the batch as delivered. The mass per unit volume shall be determined in accordance with Test 'ethod # ()*+# ()*' from the average of at least three measurements, each on a different sample using a (,--ft) .(/-0)1 container. 2ach sample shall be ta!en from the midpoint of each of three different truc! loads by the procedure outlined in 3ractice # (4-. 5isit our site to download http6++goo.gl+3m7809

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