PETROGRAPHIC METHODS OF EXAMINING HARDENED CONCRETE: A PETROGRAPHIC MANUAL

This manual was undertaken to record for all persons wishing to do concrete petrography the petrographic procedures that have been found useful at the Virginia Transportation Research Council. The manual is made up of an introduction and chapters on equipment, general initial procedures, cracks, preparation of specimens, voids (including determination of the air-void system), percentage analysis of solid components, examination with the stereomicroscope, water-cement ratio, alkali-aggregate reactions, particulate materials, and examination with the petrographic and the polarizing/epifluorescence microscopes. An extensive reading list, glossary, and other appendixes are also supplied.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/1404099
• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/13052
• Corporate Authors:

  Virginia Transportation Research Council

  530 Edgemont Road
  Charlottesville, VA  United States  22903

  Virginia Department of Transportation

  1401 East Broad Street
  Richmond, VA  United States  23219

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Walker, H N
• Publication Date: 1992-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 304 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air voids; Alkali aggregate reactions; Concrete hardening; Cracking; Equipment; Manuals; Methodology; Petrography; Specimens; Water cement ratio
• Uncontrolled Terms: Hardened concrete; Specimen preparation
• Old TRIS Terms: Air voids content; Petrographic microscope; Polarizing/epifluorescence microscope; Stereomicroscope
• Subject Areas: Highways; Materials; I32: Concrete;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00625344
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA/VA-R14, VTRC 92-R14
• Contract Numbers: 85
• Files: NTL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Nov 17 1993 12:00AM