IS 5913 : 2003 Asbestos Cement Products - Methods of Test

1 SCOPE

This standard covers the following tests applicable to theproducts indicated along side:

a) Visual inspection - for all products;

b) Water absorption test - for building pipes, sheets andbuilding boards;

c) Test for impermeability - for sheets;

d) Acid resistance test - for corrugated, semi-corrugated andflat sheets; building pipes, and sewerage and drainage pipes;

e) Load bearing capacity test - for corrugated andsemi-corrugated sheets, flat sheets and building boards;

f) Transverse crushing test - for pipes;

g) Hydraulic pressure test - for pipes;

h) Hydraulic bursting test - for pipes;

j) Longitudinal bending test - for pipes;

k) Straightness test - for pipes;

m) Measurement of density - for flat sheets;

n) Frost cracking test - for sheets; and

p) Determination of colour and staining power of pigments to beused for colouring corrugated and semi-corrugated sheets.

2 References

IS 269 : 1989 Specification for 33 grade ordinary portland cement

IS 459 : 1992 Specification for corrugated and semi-corrugated asbestoscement sheets

IS 1592 : 2003 Specification for asbestos cement pressure pipes andjoints