Standard Test for Consistency of Cement Paste by Vicat Apparatus

This test method is used to determine the amount of water required to prepare hydraulic cement pastes with normal consistency, as required for certain standard tests. The percentage amount of water which is required to prepare standard cement paste when vicat plunger penetrate under 10±1mm reading is known as standard consistency or normal consistency

Standard Test Method for Air Content of Hydraulic Cement Mortar

Proportion the standard mortar using 350 g cement to 1400 g 20–30 standard sand and sufficient water to give a flow of 871⁄2 6 71⁄2 %. The flow is the resulting increase in average diameter of the mortar mass, as determined with the calipers, measured on at least four diameters at approximately equi-spaced intervals, expressed as a percentage of the original