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The document discusses surface area measurement of cement and the use of Standard Reference Materials to calibrate testing equipment, noting that the national Institute of Standards and Technology is the predominant supplier and that a new batch of SRM 114 was produced in 2005 that is different than the previous batch, leading to an apparent difference in measured surface area of around 10m2/kg for the same cement sample.

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Surface Area

The document discusses surface area measurement of cement and the use of Standard Reference Materials to calibrate testing equipment, noting that the national Institute of Standards and Technology is the predominant supplier and that a new batch of SRM 114 was produced in 2005 that is different than the previous batch, leading to an apparent difference in measured surface area of around 10m2/kg for the same cement sample.

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SURFACE AREA MEASUREMENT

STANDARD REFERENCE MATERIAL

The surface area of cement is a measure of cement fineness. In Australia, the surface
area of cement is determined in accordance with AS 2350.8 Fineness Index by Air
Permeability Method, known as Blaine test.

There are several types of equipment that are employed in the test. All of these need
to be calibrated by a Standard Reference Material.

A Standard Reference Material (SRM) is produced under strictly controlled conditions


and is subjected to extensive testing by a large number of certified laboratories.

The national Institute of Standards and Technology in the USA (NIST) is the
predominant supplier of SRMs and the only supplier of the SRM for surface area
calibration.

Typically a developed SRM batch is in use for a period of 7-10 years depending on the
quantity prepared and the demand for it.

Early in 2005 NIST produced a new batch of the SRM 114 used for surface area
calibration. The new batch is designated SRM 114q to differentiate it from the previous
batch SRM 114p.

The new SRM 114q is very different from the previous SRM 114p. As a consequence
the measured surface area of the same cement calibrated by SRM 114q appears
coarser than when calibrated by the previous SRM 114p. The difference is around
10m2/kg. For example, when testing a cement using an equipment calibrated by the
two SRMs, the following results were obtained:

Calibration SRM Measured surface area (m2/kg)

114p 370
114q 360

Note: The actual surface area has not changed.

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