As 3799-1998 Liquid Membrane-Forming Curing Compounds For Concrete
As 3799-1998 Liquid Membrane-Forming Curing Compounds For Concrete
As 3799-1998 Liquid Membrane-Forming Curing Compounds For Concrete
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PREFACE
This Standard was prepared by the Standards Australia Committee BD/33, Chemical
Admixtures for Concrete, to supersede AS 3799 — 1990.
The objective of this Standard is to provide manufacturers and users of liquid membrane-
forming curing compounds for concrete, with specification covering classification and
performance of curing compounds. It addresses sampling procedures, methods of test for
water retention efficiency and drying time and provides general information on and
properties of curing compounds.
The original issue of the standard was found to be not acceptable as a Product Standard,
because it included reference to a method of classification by composition which was not
verifiable within the terms of the Standard. Accordingly, the Standard was deemed to be
‘not a Product Standard’ and the section describing the types of classification, e.g. Wax
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Emulsion, Chlorinated Rubber, and so on, was included in Informative Appendix D, and
omitted from the main body of the standard.
The Committee have decided that the situation has changed from that which applied at the
time the Standard was first issued, in that the classification by composition is now
verifiable by means of the Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS), which is a compulsory
requirement for each product, and which must indicate the composition of the ingredients
of the product. The MSDS is a legally verifiable document and fulfils the requirements of
Standards Australia for this purpose. There is, therefore, no obstacle to AS 3799 being
classed as a Product Standard.
As originally issued, the procedure in Appendix B, Water retention efficiency, allowed for
the application rate of the compound to be varied from the standard value of 5 m 2/L as
‘specified by the manufacturer’ (Clause B9.1.1). This provision was found to give
unreliable comparison between different compounds and, consequently, this allowable
variation has been removed, and any application rate other than the standard rate will now
be regarded as non-standard.
Other minor changes to the text include modification to the mortar mixing procedure to
make it more workable without changing the nature of the mortar, and expanding the
Definitions section to make it more informative.
The terms ‘normative’ and ‘informative’ have been used in this Standard to define the
application of the Appendix to which they apply. A ‘normative’ Appendix is an integral
part of a Standard, whereas an ‘informative’ Appendix is only for information and
guidance.
CONTENTS
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SECTION 2 CHARACTERISTICS
2.1 GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.2 SPECIFIC CHARACTERISTICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
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SECTION 3 REQUIREMENTS
3.1 ACCEPTANCE TESTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3.2 UNIFORMITY TESTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3.3 COMPLIANCE WITH STANDARD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
APPENDICES
A SAMPLING PROCEDURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
B WATER RETENTION EFFICIENCY OF LIQUID MEMBRANE-FORMING
CURING COMPOUNDS FOR CONCRETE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
C DRYING TIME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
D GENERAL INFORMATION ON THE PROPERTIES OF LIQUID
MEMBRANE-FORMING CURING COMPOUNDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
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STANDARDS AUSTRALIA
Australian Standard
Liquid membrane-forming curing compounds for concrete
S E C T I O N 1 S C O P E A N D G E N E R A L
1.1 SCOPE This Standard sets out requirements for liquid membrane-forming curing
compounds for concrete (referred to as curing compounds). It specifically excludes
compounds applied to concrete, which do not form a membrane as defined in Clause 1.4,
Definitions, of this Standard.
Appendices set out sampling procedure, methods of test for water retention efficiency and
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drying time, and a final appendix discusses general information and properties of curing
compounds.
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