IS 10050 : 1981 Method for determination of slake durability index of rocks

UDC 624.131.537 CED 48
Reaffirmed 2021

1 Scope

1.1 This test is intended to assess the resistance offered by arock sample to weakening and disintegration when subjected to twostandard cycles of drying and wetting in a slaking fluid usuallywater.

Note - Acids, sea water or corrosive ground water could also beused.

2 Reference

IS 2 : 1960 Rules forrounding off numerical values