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Testing aggregates for alkali-reactivity

Report of RILEM TC-106

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  • RILEM TC-106: Alkali-Aggregate Reaction—Accelerated Tests
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References

  1. ASTM C1260-94, ‘Standard test method for potential alkali reactivity of aggregates (mortar-bar method)’, American Society for Testing and Materials, Philadelphia, USA.

  2. BS 812:Part 104:1994, ‘Testing aggregates, Part 104, Method for qualitative and quantitative petrographic examination of aggregates’, British Standards Institution, London, UK.

  3. ASTM C289-87, ‘Standard, test method for potential reactivity of aggregates (chemical method)’, American Society for Testing and Materials, Philadelphia, USA.

  4. AFNOR P18-589, ‘Granulats, Réactivité potentielle de type alcali silice et alcali silicate, Test cinétique-Méthode chimique’, Association Française de Normalisation, Paris, France, 1992.

  5. Nixon, P J, Sims, I, ‘RILEM TC106 alkali aggregate reaction-accelerated tests, Interim report and summary of survey of national specifications’, The 9th International Conference on Alkali-Aggregate Reaction in Concrete, London, Conference Papers, Volume 2 (1992), 731–738, The Concrete, Society, Slough, UK (publication CS. 104).

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A11. References

  1. Accelerated mortar prism method. Draft RILEM method of test. See Appendix B.

  2. Plamer, D. (Chairman), ‘The diagnosis of alkali-silica reaction, Report of a working party’, British Cement Association, Slough (now Crowthorne), UK, 2nd Edition 1992.

B10. References

  1. Concrete prism method. Draft RILEM method of test. See Appendix A.

  2. Petrographic analysis for AAR. Draft RILEM code of practice (in preparation).

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  1. Philip Nixon
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TC Membership: Chairman: Philip Nixon, UK;Secretary: Ian Sims, UK;Members: Oscar Batic, Argentina; Mario Berra, Italy; Paul-Henri Besem, Belgium; Jurgen Dahms, Germany; Jean Daube, Belgium; Camille Defossé, France; Paddy Grattan-Bellew, Canada; Wim Heijnen, Netherlands; Don Hobbs, UK; Fedor Ivanov, Russia; Viggo Jensen, Norway; Hiro Kawano, Japan; Torben Knudsen, Denmark; Katia Kontoghiorghe, Cyprus; Gabriel Lorenzi, Belgium; Inger Meland, Norway; Danielle Sorrentino, France; Ajoy Mullick, India; Fred Norman, Ireland; Bertie Oberholster, South Africa; Hakon Olafsson, Iceland; Richard Pang, Hong Kong; Don St John, New Zealand; Ahmad Shayan, Australia; David Stark, USA; Niels Thaulow, Denmark.

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Nixon, P., Sims, I. Testing aggregates for alkali-reactivity. Mat. Struct. 29, 323–334 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02486340

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