- Author
- McBurney, J. W. | Richmond, J. C.
- Title
- Strength, Absorption, and Resistance to Laboratory Freezing and Thawing of Building Bricks Produced in the United States.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC
- Report
- BMS 60, November 5, 1940, 58 p.
- Keywords
- bricks | absorption | failure | weight loss | tests
- Abstract
- This paper reports the compressive and transverse strengths, water absorptions, saturation coefficients, and either the number of cycles of freezing and thawing required to produce failure or the loss in weight after 51 cycles for each of 3,368 bricks representing 525 gradings produced by 209 manufacturers. Average results for all tests except freezing and thawing are given for an additional 197 gradings or samples, comprising a total of 1,190 specimens. These 197 gradings include samples from 20 additional manufacturers.