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Preface

This is the first edition of A3000, Cementitious Materials Compendium, addressing hydraulic cements and supplementary cementing materials. It follows the amalgamation of the two parent technical committees into one entity. The document separates the product Standards AS, Portland Cernent, A8, Masonry Cement, A23.5, Supplementary Cementing Materials, A362, Blended Hydraulic Cement, and A363, Cementitious Hydraulic Slag, from the test methods, equipment, and materials. Three new Standards, A456.1 , Chemical Test Methods for Hydraulic Cement, Supplementary Cementing Materials, and Cementitious Hydraulic Slag, A456.2, Physical Test Methods for Hydraulic Cement, Supplementary Cementing Materials and Cementitious Hydraulic Slag, and A456.3, Test Equipment and Materials for Hydraulic Cernent, Supplementary Cementing Materials, and Cementitious Hydraulic Slag, are common to and address the test methods, equipment, and materials for all five of the product standards.

These are the fifth metric editions of CSA Standards AS, Porthnd Cement, A8, Masonry Cement, and A362, Blended Hydraulic Cement. They supersede previous editions of CAN3-AS, CAN3-A8, and CAN3- A362 which were published in 1977 and 1983, amended in July 1986, and published in 1988 and 1993 under the designations of AS, A8, and A362.