1. Scope

1.1 This specification covers hollow building brick and hollow facing brick made from clay, shale, fire clay, or mixtures thereof, and fired to incipient fusion. Four types of hollow brick in each of two grades and two classes are covered. In this specification, the term hollow brick shall be understood to mean hollow clay masonry units whose net cross-sectional area (solid area) in any plane parallel to the surface, containing the cores, cells, or deep frogs, is less than 75 % of its gross cross-sectional area measured in the same plane (see 3.3). This specification does not cover brick intended for use as paving brick (see Specification C902 ).

1.2 The property requirements of this sspecification apply at the time of purchase. The use of results from testing of brick extracted from masonry structures for determining conformance or nonconformance to the property requirements (Section 5) of this standard is beyond the scope of this specification.

1.3 Brick covered by this specification are manufactured from clay, shale, or similar naturally occurring substances and subjected to a heat treatment at elevated temperatures (firing). The heat treatment shall develop sufficient fired bond between the particulate constituents to provide the strength and durability requirements of this specification. (See firing and firing bond in Terminology C1232 .)

1.4 Hollow brick differ from unglazed structural clay tile (Specifications C34 and C212 ) and solid brick (Specifications C62 and C216 ). Hollow brick require greater shell and web thicknesses and higher minimum compressive strength than structural clay tile, but permit greater void area and lesser distance from exposed edge to core hole than solid brick. Therefore, environmental and structural performance may be different in elements constructed of hollow brick from those constructed of structural clay tile or solid brick.

1.5 The text of this specification references notes and footnotes which provide explanatory material. These notes and footnotes (excluding those in tables and figures) shall not be considered as requirements of the specification.

1.6 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded as standard. The values given in parentheses are mathematical conversions to SI units that are provided for information only and are not considered standard.

2. Referenced Documents (purchase separately) The documents listed below are referenced within the subject standard but are not provided as part of the standard.

ASTM Standards

C34 Specification for Structural Clay Load-Bearing Wall Tile

C62 Specification for Building Brick (Solid Masonry Units Made From Clay or Shale)

C67 Test Methods for Sampling and Testing Brick and Structural Clay Tile

C212 Specification for Structural Clay Facing Tile

C216 Specification for Facing Brick (Solid Masonry Units Made from Clay or Shale)

C902 Specification for Pedestrian and Light Traffic Paving Brick

C1232 Terminology of Masonry

E835/E835M Guide for Modular Coordination of Clay and Concrete Masonry Units

Keywords

appearance requirements; clay; fired masonry unit; hollow brick; hollow building brick; hollow facing brick; masonry; physical properties; shale ;

ICS Code

ICS Number Code 91.100.15 (Mineral materials and products)

DOI: 10.1520/C0652-11

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