ASTM C1190-18(2022)
(Practice)Standard Practice for Location of Test Specimens from Magnesia-Carbon and Impregnated Burned Basic Brick
Standard Practice for Location of Test Specimens from Magnesia-Carbon and Impregnated Burned Basic Brick
SIGNIFICANCE AND USE
4.1 This practice defines a procedure that ensures reasonably consistent preparation of specimens for product testing and evaluation.
4.2 This practice can be used in the laboratories of producers, users, and general interest parties for research and development or quality control work. It is particularly useful for interlaboratory comparisons on products, for repetitive evaluations or comparisons of products or product quality, and in specifying a uniform preparation practice for specimens for acceptance testing.
4.3 If pitch-impregnated samples are prepared by wet cutting or drilling, care should be taken in drying them. If the samples are heated to facilitate drying, the temperature to which they are heated should not be so high that it causes drainage of pitch from the samples.
4.4 Porosities of metal-containing brick must be measured using kerosene or mineral spirits, because using water will result in an artificially low result.
SCOPE
1.1 This practice covers a procedure for preparing test specimens from magnesia-carbon and impregnated burned basic brick. This practice generally concerns preparation of test specimens from brick greater than 13 in. (33 cm) in length. These brick are mainly manufactured for use in electric arc furnaces and basic oxygen furnaces.
1.2 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded as standard. The values given in parentheses are mathematical conversions to SI units that are provided for information only and are not considered standard.
1.3 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety, health, and environmental practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
1.4 This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
General Information
- Status
- Published
- Publication Date
- 31-Aug-2022
- Technical Committee
- C08 - Refractories
Relations
- Effective Date
- 01-Apr-2024
- Effective Date
- 01-Nov-2023
- Effective Date
- 01-Apr-2019
- Effective Date
- 01-Feb-2018
- Effective Date
- 01-Nov-2017
- Effective Date
- 01-Nov-2017
- Effective Date
- 01-Jun-2016
- Effective Date
- 01-Apr-2013
- Effective Date
- 01-Oct-2012
- Effective Date
- 01-Jul-2011
- Effective Date
- 01-Apr-2010
- Effective Date
- 01-Aug-2008
- Effective Date
- 01-Aug-2008
- Effective Date
- 01-Mar-2008
- Effective Date
- 01-Mar-2007
Overview
ASTM C1190-18(2022) is the internationally recognized standard practice for the proper location and preparation of test specimens from magnesia-carbon and impregnated burned basic brick. These refractory brick materials are primarily used in demanding industrial environments, including electric arc furnaces and basic oxygen furnaces. Adhering to the procedures outlined in this ASTM standard ensures consistency and repeatability in laboratory testing, which is critical for product validation, quality control, and research and development activities.
The standard delivers detailed guidance on specimen preparation, focusing on bricks greater than 13 inches (33 cm) in length, and establishes uniform sample acquisition for essential testing such as modulus of rupture and porosity, supporting both producers and users in managing product quality.
Key Topics
- Specimen Location and Preparation: Defines precise specimen locations within large magnesia-carbon or impregnated burned basic bricks, ensuring representative samples for testing.
- Sample Handling Procedures: Outlines careful drying processes for pitch-impregnated samples, particularly after wet cutting or drilling, to prevent alteration of material properties.
- Test Methods Referenced: Supports a suite of ASTM test methods for refractory materials, such as modulus of rupture and porosity tests, to ensure comprehensive evaluation.
- Porosity Testing: Specifies the necessity of using kerosene or mineral spirits when measuring the porosity of metal-containing bricks to avoid artificially low results from water.
- Quality Control and Comparisons: Facilitates interlaboratory consistency, ensuring that results from different labs, production lots, or research batches are comparable.
- Safety and Compliance: Reminds users to establish appropriate safety, health, and environmental practices and to confirm compliance with relevant regulations.
Applications
ASTM C1190-18(2022) is widely applicable in sectors where magnesia-carbon and resin-bonded or impregnated burned basic brick are integral to process efficiency and safety. Key applications include:
- Refractory Producers: Enables manufacturers to perform uniform testing for product development, process control, and certification, contributing to more reliable refractory products.
- Steelmaking and Metallurgy: Furnaces lined with magnesia-carbon or pitch-bearing brick benefit from verified mechanical properties and durability, increasing equipment uptime and performance.
- Quality Assurance Laboratories: Laboratories can employ this standard to prepare and test specimens for strength, porosity, thermal expansion, and other critical parameters, achieving repeatable and reliable results.
- Research and Development: Supports scientists and engineers in accurately characterizing new materials or evaluating performance improvements in refractory technology.
- Procurement and Acceptance Testing: Standardizes testing protocols in purchasing agreements, ensuring that delivered materials meet specified requirements.
Related Standards
The effectiveness of ASTM C1190-18(2022) is enhanced when used alongside other key ASTM standards. Notable referenced documents include:
- ASTM C133 - Test Methods for Cold Crushing Strength and Modulus of Rupture of Refractories
- ASTM C607 - Practice for Coking Large Shapes of Carbon-Bearing Materials
- ASTM C830 - Test Methods for Apparent Porosity and Related Properties of Refractory Shapes
- ASTM C831 - Test Methods for Residual Carbon in Carbon-Containing Brick
- ASTM C1099 - Test Method for Modulus of Rupture of Carbon-Containing Refractory Materials at Elevated Temperatures
Practical Value
By following ASTM C1190-18(2022), organizations gain assurance in specimen preparation methodologies, promoting fair product comparisons, robust quality assurance, and improved confidence in test data. This standardized approach minimizes variability and supports regulatory, interlaboratory, and contractual requirements, advancing best practices in the field of refractory brick testing and evaluation.
Keywords: magnesia-carbon brick, impregnated burned brick, refractory brick testing, specimen preparation, modulus of rupture, porosity, ASTM standards, quality control, electric arc furnace, basic oxygen furnace.
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Frequently Asked Questions
ASTM C1190-18(2022) is a standard published by ASTM International. Its full title is "Standard Practice for Location of Test Specimens from Magnesia-Carbon and Impregnated Burned Basic Brick". This standard covers: SIGNIFICANCE AND USE 4.1 This practice defines a procedure that ensures reasonably consistent preparation of specimens for product testing and evaluation. 4.2 This practice can be used in the laboratories of producers, users, and general interest parties for research and development or quality control work. It is particularly useful for interlaboratory comparisons on products, for repetitive evaluations or comparisons of products or product quality, and in specifying a uniform preparation practice for specimens for acceptance testing. 4.3 If pitch-impregnated samples are prepared by wet cutting or drilling, care should be taken in drying them. If the samples are heated to facilitate drying, the temperature to which they are heated should not be so high that it causes drainage of pitch from the samples. 4.4 Porosities of metal-containing brick must be measured using kerosene or mineral spirits, because using water will result in an artificially low result. SCOPE 1.1 This practice covers a procedure for preparing test specimens from magnesia-carbon and impregnated burned basic brick. This practice generally concerns preparation of test specimens from brick greater than 13 in. (33 cm) in length. These brick are mainly manufactured for use in electric arc furnaces and basic oxygen furnaces. 1.2 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded as standard. The values given in parentheses are mathematical conversions to SI units that are provided for information only and are not considered standard. 1.3 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety, health, and environmental practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use. 1.4 This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
SIGNIFICANCE AND USE 4.1 This practice defines a procedure that ensures reasonably consistent preparation of specimens for product testing and evaluation. 4.2 This practice can be used in the laboratories of producers, users, and general interest parties for research and development or quality control work. It is particularly useful for interlaboratory comparisons on products, for repetitive evaluations or comparisons of products or product quality, and in specifying a uniform preparation practice for specimens for acceptance testing. 4.3 If pitch-impregnated samples are prepared by wet cutting or drilling, care should be taken in drying them. If the samples are heated to facilitate drying, the temperature to which they are heated should not be so high that it causes drainage of pitch from the samples. 4.4 Porosities of metal-containing brick must be measured using kerosene or mineral spirits, because using water will result in an artificially low result. SCOPE 1.1 This practice covers a procedure for preparing test specimens from magnesia-carbon and impregnated burned basic brick. This practice generally concerns preparation of test specimens from brick greater than 13 in. (33 cm) in length. These brick are mainly manufactured for use in electric arc furnaces and basic oxygen furnaces. 1.2 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded as standard. The values given in parentheses are mathematical conversions to SI units that are provided for information only and are not considered standard. 1.3 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety, health, and environmental practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use. 1.4 This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
ASTM C1190-18(2022) is classified under the following ICS (International Classification for Standards) categories: 91.100.25 - Terracotta building products. The ICS classification helps identify the subject area and facilitates finding related standards.
ASTM C1190-18(2022) has the following relationships with other standards: It is inter standard links to ASTM C133-24, ASTM C831-18(2023), ASTM C1099-07(2019), ASTM C831-18, ASTM C831-98(2017)e1, ASTM C831-98(2017), ASTM C607-88(2016), ASTM C831-98(2013), ASTM C1099-07(2012), ASTM C830-00(2011), ASTM C607-88(2010)e1, ASTM C133-97(2008), ASTM C133-97(2008)e1, ASTM C831-98(2008), ASTM C1099-07. Understanding these relationships helps ensure you are using the most current and applicable version of the standard.
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Standards Content (Sample)
This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the
Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
Designation: C1190 − 18 (Reapproved 2022)
Standard Practice for
Location of Test Specimens from Magnesia-Carbon and
Impregnated Burned Basic Brick
This standard is issued under the fixed designation C1190; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision.Anumber in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.A
superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope C831Test Methods for Residual Carbon,Apparent Residual
Carbon, and Apparent Carbon Yield in Coked Carbon-
1.1 This practice covers a procedure for preparing test
Containing Brick and Shapes
specimens from magnesia-carbon and impregnated burned
C1099Test Method for Modulus of Rupture of Carbon-
basicbrick.Thispracticegenerallyconcernspreparationoftest
ContainingRefractoryMaterialsatElevatedTemperatures
specimens from brick greater than 13 in. (33 cm) in length.
These brick are mainly manufactured for use in electric arc
3. Summary of Practice
furnaces and basic oxygen furnaces.
3.1 This practice defines a procedure for obtaining samples
1.2 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded
fromcarbon-containingbasicbrick.Thesesamplescanbeused
as standard. The values given in parentheses are mathematical
to characterize the product for the following physical proper-
conversions to SI units that are provided for information only
ties: hot modulus of rupture (MOR), as-received porosity,
and are not considered standard.
coked porosity, ignited porosity, carbon properties, coked
1.3 This standard does not purport to address all of the
modulus of rupture, and thermal expansion.
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
3.2 This practice does not specify specific sample sizes. For
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
specific sample sizes, the particular ASTM test of interest
priate safety, health, and environmental practices and deter-
should be consulted.
mine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
1.4 This international standard was developed in accor-
4. Significance and Use
dance with internationally recognized principles on standard-
ization established in the Decision on Principles for the
4.1 This practice defines a procedure that ensures reason-
Development of International Standards, Guides and Recom-
ably consistent preparation of specimens for product testing
mendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical
and evaluation.
Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
4.2 This practice can be used in the laboratories of
producers, users, and general interest parties for research and
2. Referenced Documents
development or quality control work. It is particularly useful
2.1 ASTM Standards:
for interlaboratory comparisons on products, for repetitive
C133Test Methods for Cold Crushing Strength and Modu-
evaluations or comparisons of products or product quality, and
lus of Rupture of Refractories
in specifying a uniform preparation practice for specimens for
C607Practice for Coking Large Shapes of Carbon-Bearing
acceptance testing.
Materials
4.3 If pitch-impregnated samples are prepared by wet cut-
C830 Test Methods for Apparent Porosity, Liquid
Absorption, Apparent Specific Gravity, and Bulk Density ting or drilling, care should be taken in drying them. If the
samples are heated to facilitate drying, the temperature to
of Refractory Shapes by Vacuum Pressure
which they are heated should not be so high that it causes
drainage of pitch from the samples.
ThispracticeisunderthejurisdictionofASTMCommitteeC08onRefractories
4.4 Porosities of metal-containing brick must be measured
and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee C08.92 The Joseph E. Kopanda
Subcommittee for Editorial, Terminology and Classification.
using kerosene or mineral spirits, because using water will
Current edition approved Sept. 1, 2022. Published September 2022. Originally
result in an artificially low result.
approved in 1991. Last previous edition approved in 2018 a
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