Over 105 ASTM standards provide guidance for the use of lime in a wide variety of applications that are vital to the construction industry. These standards are essential to the quality of lime products, as well as the test methods and formulations for their use in construction.

Standards cover:
• Building Lime Standards
• General Lime Testing
• Other Test Procedures
• Applications
• Mortar
• Mortar Test Procedures
• Stucco
• Plaster
• Masonry Units
• Soil Treatment
• Asphalt

ASTM Standards for Building Lime and Lime-Based Construction Applications is a valuable resource for architects, contractors, engineers, specifiers, inspectors, and educators.

ASTM Standards for BUILDING LIME AND LIME-BASED CONSTRUCTION APPLICATIONS
Stock #: LIME05

TABLE OF CONTENTS

C 5-03 Specifications for Quicklime for Structural Purposes

C 11-04 Terminology Relating to Gypsum and Related Building Materials and Systems

C 25-99 Test Methods for Chemical Analysis of Limestone, Quicklime, and Hydrated Lime

C 28/C 28M-00E1 Specification for Gypsum Plasters

C 35-01 Specification for Inorganic Aggregates for Use In Gypsum Plaster

C 50-00 Practice for Sampling, Inspection, Packing, and Marking of Lime and Limestone Products

C 51-02 Terminology Relating to Lime and Limestone (as used by the Industry)

C 55-03 Specification for Concrete Brick

C 59/C 59M-00 Specification for Gypsum Casting and Molding Plaster

C 61/C 61M-00 Specification for Gypsum Keene's Cement

C 73-99a Specification for Calcium Silicate Face Brick (Sand-Lime Brick)

C 109/C 109M-02 Test Method for Compressive Strength of Hydraulic Cement Mortars (Using 2-in. or ( 50-mm) Cube Specimens

C 110-04 Test Methods for Physical Testing of Quicklime, Hydrated Lime, and Limestone

C 117-04 Test Method for Material Finer than 75-µm (No. 200) Sieve in Mineral Aggregates by Washing

C 129-03 Specification for Nonload Bearing Concrete Masonry Units

C 136-04 Test Method for Sieve Analysis of Fine and Coarse Aggregates

C 141-97 Specification for Hydraulic Hydrated Lime for Structural Purposes

C 144-03 Specification for Aggregate for Masonry Mortar

C 150-04aE1 Specification for Portland Cement

C 185-02 Air Content of Hydraulic Cement Mortar

C 188-95 ( 2003 ) Test Method for Density of Hydraulic Cement

C 204-00 Test Method for Fineness of Hydraulic Cement by Air Permeability Apparatus

C 206-03 Specification for Finishing Hydrated Lime

C 207-04 Specification for Hydrated Lime for Masonry Purposes

C 226-02 Specification for Air-Entraining Additions for Use in the Manufacture of Air-Entraining Hydraulic Cement

C 230/C 230M-03 Specification for Flow Table for Use in Tests of Hydraulic Cement

C 231-04 Test Method for Air Content of Freshly Mixed Concrete by the Pressure Method

C 260-01 Specification for Air-Entraining Admixtures for Concrete

C 270-04a Specification for Mortar for Unit Masonry

C 305-99E1 Practice for Mechanical Mixing of Hydraulic Cement Pastes and Mortars of Plastic Consistency

C 387-04 Standard Specification for Packaged, Dry, Combined Materials for Mortar and Concrete

C 430-96 ( 2003 ) Test Method for Fineness of Hydraulic Cement by the 45-µm (No. 325 ) Sieve

C 471M-01 Test Methods for Chemical Analysis of Gypsum and Gypsum Products (Metric)

C 472-99 ( 2004 ) Test Methods for Physical Testing of Gypsum, Gypsum Plasters and Gypsum Concrete

C 476-02 Specification for Grout for Masonry

C 511-03 Specification for Mixing Rooms, Moist Cabinets, Moist Rooms, and Water Storage Tanks Used in the Testing of Hydraulic Cements and Concretes

C 593-95 ( 2000 ) Specification for Fly Ash and Other Pozzolans for Use with Lime

C 595-03 Specification for Blended Hydraulic Cement

C 631-95a ( 2004 ) Specification for Bonding Compounds for Interior Gypsum Plastering

C 670-03 Practice for Preparing Precision and Bias Statements for Test Methods for Construction Materials

C 702-98 ( 2003 ) Practice for Reducing Field Samples of Aggregate to Testing Size

C 744-99 Specification for Prefaced Concrete and Calcium Silicate Masonry Units

C 778-02 Specification for Standard Sand

C 780-02 Test Method for Preconstruction and Construction Evaluation of Mortars for Plain and Reinforced Unit Masonry

C 821-78 ( 2000 ) Specification for Lime for Use with Pozzolans

C 840-04a Specification for Application and Finishing of Gypsum Board

C 841-03 Specification for Installation of Interior Lathing and Furring

C 842-99 Specification for Application of Interior Gypsum Plaster

C 847-04 Specification for Metal Lath

C 897-00 Specification for Aggregate for Job-Mixed Portland Cement-Based Plasters

C 926-98a Specification for Application of Portland Cement-Based Plaster

C 932-03 Specification for Bonding Compounds for Exterior Plastering

C 933-04 Specification for Welded Wire Lath

C 952-02E1 Test Method for Bond Strength of Mortar to Masonry Units

C 977-03 Specification for Quicklime and Hydrated Lime for Soil Stabilization

C 1005-00 Specification for Reference Masses and Devices for Determining Mass and Volume for Use in the Physical Testing of Hydraulic Cements

C 1019-03 Test Method for Sampling and Testing Grout

C 1063-03 Specification for Installation of Lathing and Furring to Receive Interior and Exterior Portland Cement-Based Plaster

C 1072-00a Test Method for Measurement of Masonry Flexural Bond Strength

C 1097-95 ( 2001 ) Specification for Hydrated Lime for Use in Asphaltic-Concrete Mixtures

C 1107-02 Standard Specification for Packaged Dry, Hydraulic-Cement Grout (Nonshrink)

C 1142-95 ( 2001 ) Specification for Extended Life Mortar for Unit Masonry

C 1157-03 Performance Specification for Hydraulic Cement

C 1164-92 ( 2003 ) Practice for Evaluation of Limestone or Lime Uniformity from a Single Source

C 1180-03aÎ1 Terminology of Mortar and Grout for Unit Masonry

C 1271-99 Test Method for X-Ray Spectrometric Analysis of Lime and Limestone

C 1301-95 ( 2001 ) Test Method for Major and Trace Elements in Limestone and Lime by Inductively Coupled Plasma-Atomic Emission Spectroscopy (ICP) and Atomic Absorption (AA)

C 1329-04 Specification for Mortar Cement

C 1357-04 Test Methods for Evaluating Masonry Bond Strength

C 1384-03 Specification for Admixtures for Masonry Mortars

C 1396/C 1396M-04 Specification for Gypsum Board

C 1452-00 Specification for Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete Elements

C 1489-01 Specification for Lime Putty for Structural Purposes

C 1506-03 Test Method for Water Retention of Hydraulic Cement-Based Mortars and Plasters

D 75-03 Practice for Sampling Aggregates

D 242-04 Specification for Mineral Filler For Bituminous Paving Mixtures

D 698-00aÎ1 Test Methods for Laboratory Compaction Characteristics of Soil Using Standard Effort

D 3155-98 Test Method For Lime Content of Uncured Soil-Lime Mixtures

D 3551-02 Practice for Lab Preparation of Soil-Lime Mixtures Using a Mechanical Mixer

D 3877-02 Test Methods for One-Dimensional Expansion, Shrinkage, and Uplift Pressure of Soil-Lime Mixtures

D 4303-03 Test Methods for Lightfastness of Colorants Used in Artists Materials

D 4318-00 Test Methods for Liquid Limit, Plastic Limit, and Plasticity Index of Soils

D 4546-03 Test Methods for One-Dimensional Swell or Settlement Potential of Cohesive Soils

D 4609-01 Guide for Evaluating Effectiveness of Chemicals for Soil Stabilization

D 4829-03 Test Method for Expansion Index of Soils

D 4867/D4867M-04 Test Method for Effect of Moisture on Asphalt Concrete Paving Mixtures

D 5050-96 ( 2002 ) Guide for Commercial Use of Lime Kiln Dusts and Portland Cement Kiln Dusts

D 5093-02 Test Method for Field Measurement of Infiltration Rate Using a Double-Ring Infiltrometer with a Sealed-Inner Ring

D 5102-04 Test Method for Unconfined Compressive Strength of Compacted Soil-Lime Mixtures

D 5239-04 Standard Practice for Characterizing Fly Ash for Use in Soil Stabilization

D 5370-96 ( 2002 ) Specification for Pozzolanic Blended Materials in Construction Applications

D 6236-98 ( 2004 ) Guide for Coring and Logging Cement- or Lime-Stabilized Soil

D 6276-99a Test Method for Using pH to Estimate the Soil-Lime Proportion Requirement for Soil Stabilization

E 11-04 Specification for Wire Cloth and Sieves for Testing Purposes

E 29-02E1 Practice for Using Significant Digits in Test Data to Determine Conformance with Specifications

E 96-00E1 Test Method for Water Vapor Transmission of Materials

E 200-97 ( 2001) E1 Practice for Preparation, Standardization and Storage of Standard and Reagent Solutions for Chemical Analysis

E 514-04 Test Method For Water Penetration and Leakage Through Masonry

E 518-03 Test Methods for Flexural Bond Strength of Masonry

E 691-99 Practice for Conducting an Interlaboratory Study to Determine the Precision of a Test Method

E 832-81 ( 2003 ) Specification for Laboratory Filter Papers

E 1266-88( 1999 ) Practice for Processing Mixtures of Lime, Fly Ash, and Heavy Metal Wastes in Structural Fills and Other Construction Applications

E 2260-03 Guide for Repointing (Tuckpointing) Historic Masonry