Designation:D8030/D8030M−19StandardPracticeforSamplePreparationforGCCM1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD8030/D8030M;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thisstandardpracticespecifiesasetofinstructionsforpreparingsamplesofgeosyntheticcementitiouscompositemat(GCCM)forindexpropertytesting.1.2ThevaluesstatedineitherSIunitsorinch-poundunitsaretoberegardedseparatelyasstandard.Thevaluesstatedineachsystemmaynotbeexactequivalents;therefore,eachsystemshallbeusedindependentlyoftheother.Combiningvaluesfromthetwosystemsmayresultinnon-conformancewiththestandard.1.3AllobservedandcalculatedvaluesshallconformtotheguidelinesforsignificantdigitsandroundingestablishedinPracticeD6026.1.3.1Forpurposesofcomparingmeasuredorcalculatedvalue(s)withspecifiedlimits,themeasuredorcalculatedvalue(s)shallberoundedtothenearestdecimalorsignificantdigitsinthespecifiedlimits.1.3.2Theproceduresusedtospecifyhowdataarecollected/recordedorcalculatedinthispracticeareregardedastheindustrystandard.Inaddition,theyarerepresentativeofthesignificantdigitsthatgenerallyshouldbemeasured.Theproceduresuseddonotconsidermaterialvariation,purposeforobtainingthedata,specialpurposestudies,oranyconsider-ationsfortheuser’sobjectives;anditiscommonpracticetoincreaseorreducethesignificantdigitsofreporteddatatobecommensuratewiththeseconsiderations.Itisbeyondthescopeofthispracticetoconsidersignificantdigitsusedintheanalyticalmethodsforengineeringdesign.1.4Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappro-priatesafety,health,andenvironmentalpracticesanddeter-minetheapplicabilityofregulatorylimitationspriortouse.SomespecifichazardsstatementsaregiveninSection7onHazards.1.5Thisinternationalstandar...
