Comparison on International Standards of Fly Ash as Admixture in Concrete

콘크리트 혼화재인 Fly Ash의 세계 표준규격 비교

This study reviews the internationally existing standards for fly ash and the other pozzolanic materials. The standards reviewed for this report covers the thirteen contries around the world including USA. It is found that the comparison of standards appeared to be different for technical test requirements from the country to country. This may be due to the different composition of fly ash produced in each different country as by-product. It is importantly shown that the four countries, including USA have standardized to compose the total 70% of $SiO_2+Al_2O_3+Fe_2O_3$. The other countries have required to have the individual chemical composition, such as 45% $SiO_2$ in Japan. The loss on ignition is generally in the range of 5-6%, but the maximum 12% was allowed in some countries. This depends on the quality of fly ash. The moisture content is generally less than 3% in all countries except India allows up to 12% The pozzolanic activity (as the compression) has been standardized that the 28 days curing in compression was subjected in all countries but 91 days curing in compression was tested in Japan. It is shown that KS L 5405 is almost identical to JIS A 6201.