IS 9103 : 1999

What this standard covers

This standard covers the chemical and air- entraining admixtures including superplasticizers, solid or liquid or emulsion, to be added to cement concrete at the time of mixing so as to achieve the desired property in concrete, in the plastic or hardened state. 1.2 The different types of admixtures covered in this standard are as follows: a) Accelerating admixtures, b) Retarding admixtures, c)...

Scope, quoted from IS 9103 : 1999. Read the full standard

Requirements and tests, as the standard names them

• 5.1 Liquid Admixture
• 5.2 Non-liquid Admixture
• 6.1 Materials
• 6.1.1 Materials for Tests for Specific Use
• 6.2 Preparation of Concrete
• 6.2.3 Proportioning of Concrete
• 7.2 Methods of Tests
• 7.2.1 Test for Workability
• 7.2.2 Test for Air-content
• 7.2.3 Test for Time of Setting
• 7.2.4 Test for Bleeding
• 7.2.5 Test for Water Content
• 8.1 Preparing Test Specimens
• 8.2 Method of Testing
• 8.2.1 Test for Compressive Strength
• 8.2.2 Test for Flexural Strength

Sub-clause names as printed under the headings “METHOD OF SAMPLING OF ADMIXTURE”, “PREPARATION OF TEST SAMPLES”, “TESTING OF HARDENED CONCRETE”, and those whose printed names themselves say “Test” in IS 9103 : 1999. Values and limits are deliberately not reproduced here — read them in the standard itself.

How the standard is organised

• 2 NORMATIVE REFERENCES
• 4 REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMIXTURES
• 5 METHOD OF SAMPLING OF ADMIXTURE
• 6 PREPARATION OF TEST SAMPLES
• 8 TESTING OF HARDENED CONCRETE
• 9 UNIFORMITY TEST AND REQUIREMENTS

Test methods it refers to

• IS 2386

Edition history (per the BIS registry)

• IS 9103 : 1999 — current edition (last reviewed by BIS 2023-06-01)

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Materials market

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