| Sl. No. |
Name of Test/Service |
Standard Procedure |
| 1.0 |
Chloride Ingress (Critical for Coastal Areas) is Studied Through |
| 1.1 |
Rapid Chloride Penetration Tests (RCPT) |
ASTM C1202 |
| 1.2 |
Non- steady state chloride Migration Test |
NT build 492 |
| 1.3 |
Chloride Diffusion Test |
ISO 1920 Part 11 |
| 1.4 |
Bulk conductivity |
ASTM C1760 |
| 1.5 |
Electrical resistivity of concrete (by four point Wenner probe method) |
– |
| 2.0 |
Deterioration of Concrete Due to Carbonation Attack (Critical in Most of the Non-Coastal Areas Exposed to Normal Weathering) is Studied Through |
| 2.1 |
Accelerated Carbonation Test |
ISO 1920 Part 12 |
| 3.0 |
Sulphate Attack is Studied By |
| 3.1 |
Sulphate Immersion Test on Mortar Bar |
ASTM C 1012 |
| 3.2 |
Mass LossTest |
– |
| 4.0 |
Alkali Silica Attack on Concrete is Studied By
|
| 4.1 |
Accelerated Mortar Bar Test |
ASTM C 1260 |
| 4.2 |
Short Term and Long Term Mortar Bar |
IS 2386 –part 7 |
| 4.3 |
Concrete Prism Bar Test |
ASTM C 1293 |
| 5.0 |
Corrosion Effect on Rebar Embedded Concrete is Studied Through |
| 5.1 |
Accelerated corrosion test |
ASTM G1, ASTM G109, Florida test method (FM 5.522) |
| 5.2 |
Corrosion rate as per linear polarization technique |
– |
| 6.0 |
Additional Test Methods used for Studying Durability of Concrete
|
| 6.1 |
Water Permeability Test |
DIN 1048 Part 5 |
| 6.2 |
Sorptivity Test |
ASTM C1585 |
| 6.3 |
Volume of Permeable Voids |
ASTM 642 |
| 6.4 |
Air Permeability of Concrete |
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