MALAYSIAN MS 26-1-2:2009

STANDARD

TESTING OF CONCRETE - PART 1:

FRESH CONCRETE - SECTION 2:
SLUMP TEST
(SECOND REVISION)
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ICS: 91.100.30
Descriptors: testing, fresh concrete, apparatus, procedure, slump test, test result and report, precision

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Committee representation

The Industry Standards Committee on Building, Construction and Civil Engineering (ISC D) under whose authority
this Malaysian Standard was adopted, comprises representatives from the following organisations:

Association of Consulting Engineers Malaysia

Construction Industry Development Board Malaysia
Department of Irrigation and Drainage
Department of Standards Malaysia
Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers
Jabatan Bomba dan Penyelamat Malaysia
Jabatan Kerajaan Tempatan
Jabatan Kerja Raya Malaysia
Malaysian Timber Industry Board
Master Builders Association Malaysia
Ministry of Energy, Water and Communications
Ministry of International Trade and Industry
National Housing Department
Pertubuhan Akitek Malaysia
SIRIM Berhad (Secretariat)
The Chartered Institute of Building Malaysia
The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia
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Universiti Sains Malaysia

Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

The Technical Committee on Concrete and Concrete Products which supervised the adoption of the EN Standard
consists of representatives from the following organisations:

Association of Consulting Engineers Malaysia

Construction Industry Development Board Malaysia
Department of Irrigation and Drainage
IKRAM QA Services Sdn Bhd
Jabatan Kerja Raya Malaysia
Jabatan Kerja Raya Malaysia (Cawangan Kejuruteraan Awam, Struktur dan Jambatan)
Jabatan Kerja Raya Malaysia (Cawangan Pangkalan Udara dan Maritim)
Master Builders Association Malaysia
National Ready Mixed Concrete Association of Malaysia
Pertubuhan Akitek Malaysia
SIRIM Berhad (Secretariat)
SIRIM QAS International Sdn Bhd
The Cement and Concrete Association of Malaysia
The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
Universiti Teknologi MARA

The Working Group on Revision of MS 26: Part 1 which recommended the adoption of the EN Standard consists of
representatives from the following organisations:

Association of Consulting Engineers Malaysia

National Ready Mixed Concrete Association of Malaysia
SIRIM Berhad (Secretariat)
SIRIM QAS International Sdn Bhd
The Cement and Concrete Association of Malaysia
Universiti Teknologi MARA

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FOREWORD

The adoption of the EN Standard as a Malaysian Standard was recommended by the

Working Group on Revision of MS 26: Part 1 under the authority of the Industry Standards
Committee on Building, Construction and Civil Engineering.

This Malaysian Standard is the second revision of MS 26: Part 1, Methods of testing concrete
- Part 1: Methods of sampling fresh concrete (First revision).

This Malaysian Standard is identical with EN 12350-2:1999, Testing fresh concrete - Part 2:
Slump test, published by the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) with the
exceptions as listed below.

MALAYSIAN STANDARD EXCEPTIONS

a) in the source text, "this European Standard" should read "this Malaysian Standard";

b) the comma which is used as a decimal sign (if any), to read as a point; and
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c) reference to EN Standards should be replaced by equivalent Malaysian Standards as

follows:

Referenced EN Standards Corresponding Malaysian Standards

EN 12350-1:1999, Testing fresh concrete - MS 26-1-1, Testing of concrete - Part 1:

Part 1: Sampling Fresh concrete - Section 1: Sampling

This MS 26-1 consists of the following sections, under the general title, Testing of concrete -
Part 1: Fresh concrete:

Section 1: Sampling

Section 2: Slump test

Section 3: Vebe test

Section 4: Degree of compactability

Section 5: Flow table test

Section 6: Density

Section 7: Air content - Pressure methods

Section 8: Compacting factor test

Section 1 specifies the methods to be used on site for obtaining representative samples from
a batch of fresh concrete, which would then be used for various tests. Besides establishing
important definitions, this part also includes guidance of temperature measurement, transport
and handling and report of sampling.

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FOREWORD (continued)

Section 2 specifies the methods to determine the slump test. The procedure is detailed
including measurements and the types of slump.

Section 3 describes the method for determination of vebe test of fresh concrete for which
applies to fresh concrete having between 5 s and 30 s vebe time. The procedures are well
detailed. Special attention is paid to procedures for remoulding depending on different types
of slump.

Section 4 gives guidance on the method for determination of degree of compatibility which
applies to fresh concrete having degree of compatibility from 1.04 and not more than 1.46.
Besides figures on the apparatus, photographs of examples of flows are included.

Section 5 gives guidance on the method for determination of flow table test which only
correspond to flow values of fresh concrete between 340 mm and 600 mm. Figures on the
apparatus, photographs of examples of flows are included.

Section 6 describes the method for determination of density of fresh concrete. Guidance on
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the apparatus, procedures and calculation are included.

Section 7 gives guidance on the method for determination air content of fresh concrete by
pressure methods, which applies to compacted fresh concrete, made with normal weight or
relatively dense aggregate of maximum 63 mm. It does not apply to concretes made with
lightweight aggregates, air cooled blast-furnace slag, or aggregates with high porosity,
because of the magnitude of the aggregate correction factor, compared with the entrained air
content of the concrete.

Section 8 describes the method for determination of compacting factor of fresh concrete. It
specifies the apparatus required and the procedure including final compaction.

CAUTION: When cement is mixed with water, alkali is released. Take precautions to avoid dry cement entering
eyes, mouth and nose whilst mixing concrete. Prevent skin contact with wet cement or concrete by wearing suitable
protective clothing. If cement or concrete enters the eye, immediately wash it out thoroughly with clean water and
seek medical treatment without delay. Wash wet concrete off the skin immediately.

This standard is published with the permission of the European Committee for
Standardization. Such permission is hereby acknowledged.

This Malaysian Standard cancels and replaces MS 26: Part 1:1991.

Compliance with a Malaysian Standard does not of itself confer immunity from legal
obligations.

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 EUROPEAN STANDARD EN 12350-2
NORME EUROPEENNE
EUROPAISCHE NORM October 1999

Ics 01.100.30

English version

Testing fresh concrete - Part 2: Slump test

Essais pour beton frais - Prafung von F' ischbeton -

Partie 2: Essais d'affaissement Tell 2: SetzmaB

This European Standard was approved by CEN on 5 September 1999.

CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations
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which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a
national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical
references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to
the Central Secretariat or to any CEN member.
This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German).
A version in any other language made by translation under the responsibility of a
CEN member into its own language and notified to the Central Secretariat has the
same status as the official versions.
CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Czech
Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy,
Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and
United Kingdom.

CEN
European Committee for Standardization
Comite Europee de Normalisation
Europaisches Komitee fiir Normung

Central Secretariat: rue de Stassart 36, B-1050 Brussels

© 1999 CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CEN national
Members.
Ref. No. EN 12350-2:1999 E
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EN 12350-2:1999

Foreword Contents
This European Standard has been prepared by Page
Technical Committee CEN/TC 104, Concrete
Foreword 2
(performance, production, placing and compliance
criteria), the Secretariat of which is held by DIN. 1 Scope 3
'Phis European Standard shall be given the status of a 2 Nonnative references 3
national standard, either by publication of an identical
3 Principle 3
text or by endorsement, at the latest by April 2000, and
conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at 4 Apparatus 3
the latest by December 2003. 5 Test sample 3
According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, 6 Procedure 3
the national standards organizations of the following
countries are bound to implement this European 7 Test result 4
Standard: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, 8 Test report 4
Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, 9 Precision 5
Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal,
Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
This standard is one of a series concerned with testing
fresh concrete.
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It is based on the International Standard ISO 4109:

Fresh Concrete - Determination of the consistency -
Slump test.
A draft for this standard was published in 1996 for
CEN enquriy as prEN 12382. It was one of a series of
individually numbered test methods for fresh or
hardened concrete. For Convenience it has now been
decided to combine these separate draft standards into
three new standards with separate parts for each
methods, as follows:
- Testing fresh concrete (EN 12350:1999);
-Testing hardened concrete (prEN 12390:1999);
-Testing concrete in structures (prEN 12504:1999).
This series EN 12350 includes the following parts
where the brackets give the numbers under which
particular test methods were published for CEN
enquiry:
EN 12350 Testing fresh concrete
Part 1: Sampling (former prEN 12378:1996).
Part 2.' Slump test (former prEN 12382:1996).
Part S: Vebe test (former prEN 12350:1996).
Part k: Degree of compactability
(former prEN 12357:1996).
Part 5: Flow table test (former prEN 12358:1996).
Part 6: Density (former prEN 12383:1996).
Part 7: Air content - Pressure methods
(former prEN 12395:1996).
CAUTION. When cement is mixed with water, alkali is
released. Take precautions to avoid dry cement
entering the eyes, mouth and nose whilst mixing
concrete. Prevent skin contact with wet cement or
concrete by wearing suitable protective clothing. If
cement or concrete enters the eye, immediately wash it
out thoroughly with clean water and seek medical
treatment without delay. Wash wet concrete off the
skin immediately.

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EN 12350-2:1999

1 Scope 4.2 Compacting rod, of circular cross-section, straight,

made of steel, having a diameter of (16±1) nun and
This European standard specifies a method for
determining the consistency of fresh concrete by the length of (600 ± 5) mm in length, and with rounded
ends.
slump test
The slump test is sensitive to changes in the 4.3 Funnel (optional), made of non-absorbent material
consistency of concrete which correspond to slumps not readily attacked by cement paste and having a
between 10 mm and 200 nm1. Beyond these extremes collar to enable the funnel to be located on the mould
the measurement of slump can be unsuitable and other specified in 4.1.
methods of determining the consistency should be 4.4 Rule, graduated from 0 mm to 300 mm, at intervals
considered. not exceeding 5 nun, the zero mark being at the
If the slump continues to change over a period of 1 extreme end of the rule.
min after de-moulding, the slump test is not suitable as 4.5 Base plate/surface, non-absorbent, rigid, flat, plate
a measure of consistency. or other surface on which to place the mould,
The test is not suitable when the maximum size of 4.6 Remixing container, flat tray of rigid construction
aggregate in the concrete is greater than 40 min.
and made from a non-absorbent material not readily
attacked by cement paste. It shall be of appropriate
2 Normative references dimensions such that the concrete can be thoroughly
This European Standard incorporates by dated or re-mixed, using the square-mouthed shovel.
undated reference, provisions from other publications. 4.7 Shovel, with square mouth
These normative references are cited at the NOTE The square mouth is required to ensure proper ndxing of
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appropriate places in the text and the publications are material on the remixing container.
listed hereafter. For dated references, subsequent 4.8 Moist cloth.
amendments to or revisions of any of these
publications apply to this European Standard only 4.9 Scoop, approximately 100 mm in width.
when incorporated in it by amendment or revision. For 4.10 Timer, or clock capable of measuring to 1 s.
undated references the latest edition of the publication
referred to applies. 5 Test sample
EN 12350-1:1999, Testing fresh concrete- The sample of the concrete shall be obtained in
Part 1: Sampling. accordance with EN 12350-1:1999.
The sample shall be re-mixed using the remixing
3 Principle container and the square mouthed shovel before
The fresh concrete is compacted into a mould in the carrying out the test.
shape of a frustum of a cone. when the cone is
withdrawn upwards, the distance the concrete has 6 Procedure
slumped provides a measure of the consistency of the Dampen the mould and base plate and place the mould
concrete. on the horizontal base platelsurface. During filling of
the mould hold it firmly against the base plate/surface
4 Apparatus by clamping in place, or by standing on the two foot
pieces.
4.1 Mould to form the test specimen, made of metal
not readily attacked by cement paste and not thinner Fill the mould in three layers, each approximately
than 1,5 turn. The interior of the mould shall be smooth one-third of the height of the mould when compacted,
and free from projections, such as protruding rivets Compact each layer with 25 strokes of the tamping
and shall be free from dents. The mould shall be in the rod. Uniform ly distribute the strokes over the
form of a hollow frustum of a cone having the cross-section of each layer. For the bottom layer this
following internal dimensions: will necessitate inclining the rod slightly and
positioning approximately half the strokes spirally
- diameter of base: (200 ± 2) mm;
toward the centre. Compact the second layer and the
- diameter of top: (100 ± 2) mm; top layer each throughout its depth, so that the strokes
- height: (300 ± 2) nun. just penetrate into the immediately underlying layer. In
The base and the top of the mould shall be open and filling and compacting the top layer, heap the concrete
parallel to each other and at right angles to the axis. above the mould before tamping is started.
The mould shall be provided with two handles near If the tamping operation of the top layer results in
the top and fixing clamps or foot pieces near the subsidence of the concrete below the top edge of the
bottom to hold it steady. A mould which can be mould, add more concrete to keep an excess above the
clamped to the base is acceptable provided the top of the mould at all times. After the top layer has
clamping arrangement can be fully released without been compacted, strike off the surface of the concrete
movement of the mould or interference with the by means of a sawing and rolling motion of the
slumping concrete. compacting rod.

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EN 12350-2:1999

Remove spilled concrete from the base plate/surface. If two consecutive tests show a portion of the concrete
Remove the mould from the concrete by raising it shearing off from the mass of the test specimen, the
carefully in a vertical direction. concrete lacks the necessary plasticity and
Perform the operation of raising the mould in 5 s cohesiveness for the slump test to be suitable.
to 10 s, by a steady upward lift, with no lateral or Report the true slump (h), as shown in Figure 2, to the
torsional motion being imparted to the concrete. nearest 10 mm.
Carry out the entire operation from the start of the
filling to the removal of the mould without interruption S Test report
and complete it within 150 s.
The report shall include:
Immediately after removal of the mould, measure and
record the slump (h) by determining the difference a) identification of the test sample;
between the height of the mould and that of the b) location of performance of test;
highest point of the slumped test specimen. c) date of performance of test;
NOTE The consistence of a concrete mix changes with time, due
d) type of slump - true/shear;
to hydration of the cement and, possibly, loss of moisture. Tests
on different samples should, therefore , be carried out at a e) measured true slump, to nearest 10 mm;
constant time interval after mixing, if strictly comparable results
are to be obtained.
f) any deviation from standard test method;
g) a declaration by the person carrying out the test
that it was carried out in accordance with this
7 Test result standard, except as noted in item f).
The test is only valid if it yields a true slump, this The report may include:
being a slump in which the concrete remains
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substantially intact and symmetrical as shown in h) the temperature of the concrete sample at time of
Figure 1(a). test;
i) time of test
If the specimen shears, as shown in Figure 1(b),
another sample shall be taken and the procedure
repeated.

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NOTE I The precision data was determined as part of an

9 Precision experiment in the UK in 1937 in which precision data was
Precision data are given in Table 1. These apply to obtained for several of the tests then described in BS 1881. The
slump measurements made on concrete from the same experiment involved 16 operators. The concretes were made using
an ordinary Portland cement, Thames Valley sand, and Thames
sample and when each test result is obtained from a Valley 10 min and 20 mm coarse aggregates.
single slump determination. The values which apply
NOTE 2 The difference between two test results from the same
when each test result is obtained as the average of sample by one operator using the same apparatus within the
duplicate determinations are given in Table 2. shortest feasible time interval will exceed the repeatability value
on average not more than once in 20 cases in the normal and
Table 1- Precision data for slump correct operation of the method.
measurements (single determination) NOTE 3 Test results on the same sample obtained within the
shortest feasible time interval by two operators each using their
Range Repeatability Reproducibility own apparatus will differ by the reproducibility value R on
conditions conditions average not more than once in 20 cases in the normal and correct
S, r SR R operation of the method.
(mm) (mm) (nun) (mm) (nun) NOTE 4 For further information on precision, and for definitions
of the statistical terms used in connection with precision, see
50 to 80 5,8 16 9,0 25 ISO 5725.

Table 2 - Precision data for slump

measurements (duplicate determinations)
Range Repeatability Reproducibility
conditions conditions
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pr r SR R

(mm) (mm) (nun) (nun) (nun)

50 to so 4,1 11 8,0 22

0 BSI 01-2000
 Acknowledgements

Members of Technical Committee on Concrete and Concrete Products

Ir P N Selvanayagam (Chairman) Jabatan Kerja Raya Malaysia

Ms Nurul Aida Jasni (Secretary) SIRIM Berhad
Ir Wong Loo Min Association of Consulting Engineers Malaysia
Ir M Ramuseren Construction Industry Development Board
Malaysia
Mr Abu Talib Abu Bakar Department of Irrigation and Drainage
Mr Yahya Haji Ariffin IKRAM QA Services Sdn Bhd
Ir Mohd Noor Azudin Haji Mansor Jabatan Kerja Raya Malaysia (Cawangan
Kejuruteraan Awam, Struktur dan Jambatan)
Mr Imran Pilus/Mr Siaw Wai San Jabatan Kerja Raya Malaysia (Cawangan
Pangkalan Udara dan Maritim)
Ir Khoo Jee Chat Master Builders Association Malaysia
Mr Lee Meng Kee/Mr Hew Choong Wei National Ready Mixed Concrete Association
of Malaysia
Ar Ong Chong Jing Pertubuhan Akitek Malaysia
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Ms Raja Nor Siha/Mr Azmi Musa SIRIM QAS International Sdn Bhd
Mr Owen Michael D’Olivero The Cement and Concrete Association of
Malaysia
Ir Boone Lim The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia
Assoc Prof Dr Abd Rahman Mohd Sam/ Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
Assoc Prof Dr Ahmad Baharuddin
Assoc Prof Dr Ahmad Ruslan Mohd Ridzuan/ Universiti Teknologi MARA
Assoc Prof Dr Hamidah Mohd Saman

Members of Working Group on Revision of MS 26: Part 1

Assoc Prof Dr Hamidah Mohd Saman Universiti Teknologi MARA

(Chairperson)
Ms Nurul Aida Jasni (Secretary) SIRIM Berhad
Ir Wong Loo Min Association of Consulting Engineers Malaysia
Mr Hew Choong Wei National Ready Mixed Concrete Association
of Malaysia
Mr Mohd Fauzi Ismail/ SIRIM QAS International Sdn Bhd
Mr Mohd Faizal Mohd Alwi
Mr Owen Michael D’Olivero The Cement and Concrete Association of
Malaysia

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