Material Quality control and production
**Material Testing**
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There are a lot of material tests, it would be impossible to go over all of them.
However, I will quickly go over the most important as I see it. I would recommend
you print out FM-572 : Material Testing, and tab each different test and review the
test that I outline below.
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Most likely on the PE Exam it will ask a word problem about a specific material
testing technique. So if you understand the basics of the test you should be able to
get the problem correct.
 Concrete:
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Compressive Strength Test (ASTM C 39-96)
Slump Test (ASTM C143-90a)
Air Content Test (ASTM 231-97)
Flexural Strength Test (ASTM C 78-94)
 Soils:
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Moisture – Content Determination (Oven Dry Method) (ASTM D 2216-90)
Specific Gravity of solids Determination (ASTM 854-92)
Grain-Size Analysis and distribution (ASTM D 422-63)
Liquid Limit, Plastic Limit, Plasticity Index Determination (ASTM D 4318-95)
Lab Compaction Characteristic (ASTM D 1557-91)
In Place Density Determination
a.
Sand Cone method (ASTM D 1556-90)
b.
Nuclear Moisture and density tester
CBR Tests (ASTM D 1383-94)
 Asphalt (Bituminous Mixtures):
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Bitumen Testing (Penetration Test (ASTM D 5-86)
Spot Tests
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