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MS 76 : 1972
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SPECIFICATION FOR
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CONTENTS
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Committee Representation ... 7
Foreword 8
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SPECIFICATIQN
1. Scope 14
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32. General 29
33. Samples ... ... 29
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Committee Representation
The Civil Engineering and Building Construction Industry Stand-
ards Committee under whose supervision this Malaysian Standard was
prepared, comprises representatives from the following Government
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FOREWORD
This Malaysian Standard has been prepared under the authority
of the Civil Engineering and Building Construction Industry Standards
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charts display the variation of properties with time and thus give more
information about a product than can be obtained by tests made on
a single occasion. It is recommended that manufacturers should make
their control charts available for inspection by users and that users
should recognize their value. This recommendation shall not preclude
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The water absorption test also is given less prominence than has
often been accorded to it. A low water absorption figure can be used
in defining engineering bricks and bricks for damp-proof courses but
water absorption, like strength, is not a general index of durability.
With many, but not all, clays, the more durable bricks absorb less
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water than those that are not so durable, so long as a single variety
of bricks is considered. No limit can be set, however, that will dis-
criminate generally between durable and non-durable bricks. Recent
work has shown that the saturation coefficient, or ratio or 24-how
cold absorption to a total absorption by the boiling or vacuum methods,
is less useful as an index of durability than was formerly thought. II
has not, therefore, been included. The vacuum method has been spe-
cified as an alternative to the boiling method, since some laboratories
regard it as more convenient and the results are approximately equivalent.
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Bearing all these factors in mind the committee felt that, for
bricks of ordiiiary quality (Clause 3.1 (c)(ii) ), although the etilorescence
test should be retained, it could not recommend the setting of limits
for the content of soluble salts.
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However, for bricks of special quality (Clause 3.! (c)(iii), for which
higher standards of manufacture can be reasonably expected, the com-
mittee felt that the maximum quantity of soluble salts permissible should
be stated, although the limits must necessarily be tentative.
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The minimum strength for blocks for structural floors and roofs,
specified in Clause 29, differs from the minimum strength specified for
blocks for walling because the method of testing and the method of
expressing the results are different. The limit of 14 MNIm2 (2,000
* In Preparation.
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SPECIFICATION
1. SCOPE
1. This Part of the Malaysian Standard specifies bricks and blocks
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2. GENERAL
2.1 Bricks and blocks for walling are units designed to be laid
in a bed of mortar.
3. DEFINITIONS
3.1 For the purposes of this Malaysian Standard the following
definitions apply:
(a) Bricks and blocks.
(I) Brick. A walling unit not exceeding 337.5 mm
(131 in) in length, 225 mm (9 in) in width, or
112.5 mm (41 in) in height.
(ii) Block. A walling unit exceeding in length, width
or height the dimensions specified for bricks.
(b) Different varieties of brick and block may be more parti-
cularly defined as follows:
(i) Common. Suitable for general building work but
having no special claim to give an attractive
appearance.
(ii) Facing. Specially made or selected to give an
attractive appearance when used without rendering
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4. FORMATS
4.1 The formats of bricks and blocks shall be designated in terms
of their nominal dimensions which, with the exception of the
widths of blocks include the thickness of a mortar joint. This
is taken, for the purposes of this Standard, as equal to 10 mm
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Actual dimensions
Designation
Length Width Height
Actual dimensioust
Designation
Length Width Height
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5. PATTERNS
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mm in mm in
65 ‘ 2* 1560 ( + 60 63 ± 1*
102.5 4* ( —30
215 8* 2460 ± 45 99 ±l~
5160 ±75 207 ±3
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mm in mm in
Less than 125 Less than 5 ± 2.5 ± 3/32
125 to 225 5 to 9 + 3.0 ± 1/8
Greater than 225 Greater than 9, ± 5.0 ± 3/16
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mm in
225 x 150 (9 in
measured faces 3 1/8
the above but not
300 (9 in x 12 in) 5 3/16
225 x 300 (9 in x
6 1/4
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11. FINISH
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11.1 Facing and common bricks and blocks of ordinary quality shall
be well-fired and shall be reasonably free from deep or extensive
cracks and from damage to edges and corners, from pebbles
and expansive particles of lime. They shall also, when a cut
surface is examined, show a reasonably uniform texture.
Note: It is not possible to define ‘well-fired’ in a way that
would apply unambiguously to all types of brick and
blocks, though people with experience of particular
types soon come to recognize what is meant. It is
known that a brick or block has been ‘well-fired’ when
an adequate ceramic bond has been formed within the
body, but it is not possible precisely to determine by
appearance or other simple test whether or not such
a bond has been formed, without reference to the type
of clay, the method of manufacture, and the format.
To people very familiar with a specific product, colour
can be a guide when considering that particular pro-
duct, but to the layman, colour alone can be completely
misleading. Similarly, hardness and hence ‘ring’ when
struck can be a good guide to the expert, but clearly
this criterion cannot be applied to all bodies such as,
for example, those of low density.
12. STRENGTH
12.1 Unless a higher strength is agreed in accordance with Clause
10 the compressive strength of bricks of ordinary quality when
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15. FINISH
15.1 Facing and common bricks and blocks of special quality shall
be hardfired and shall be reasonably free from cracks and
from damage to edges and corners, from pebbles and expansive
particles of lime. They shall also, when a cut surface is
examined, show a reasonably uniform texture with no very
coarse particles.
Note: In interpreting the qualitative requirements of Clauses
11 and 15, a more exacting standard may reasonably
be set for bricks of special quality than for those of
ordinary quality
16. STRENGTH
16.1 Unless a higher strength is agreed in accordance with Clause 10.
the compressive strength of bricks of special quality, when tested
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in accordance with Clause 39, shall be not less than 5.2 MN/m~
(750 lbf/in2) and of blocks of special quality shall be not less
than 2.8 MN/ni2 (400 lbf/in2). These minimum strengths are
acceptable provided the bricks and blocks are satisfactory in
other respects.
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19. FINISH
19.1 Bricks and blocks for internal walls (loadbearing) and partitions
shall be reasonably free from deep or extensive cracks, from
damage to edges and corners, and from expansive particles of
lime. They shall also, when a cut surface is examined, show
a reasonably uniform texture.
Note: Such units unless otherwise specified will be suitable
for rendering but not necessarily for fair faced work.
20. STRENGTI-I
20.1 Unless a higher strength is agreed in accordance with Clause 10,
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21.1 No requirements.
23. GENERAL
23.1 The hollow blocks for structural floors and roofs covered by
this Standard are blocks designed to be used as filler blocks
in reinforced concrete floors.
24. FORMATS
24.1 The formats of blocks for structural floors and roofs shall be
designed in terms of their nominal dimensions which differ
from their actual dimensions except in the depth. The actual
length and width are 5 mm (3/16 in) less than the nominal
length and width. ‘The standard formats are given in Table 7.
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Actual climensions*
Designation
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t When the sample for soluble salts analysis is prepared by the method
of Clause 33.1(b)(iii), the 10 bricks or blocks from which the sample
has been taken may be used subsequently for the efflorescence test.
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for each section of the bulk there is a corresponding portion
of the sample. The units in each of these portions must be
taken in a random manner (See (a) below).
The word Representative applied to sampling does not mean
that the sampler is to select units which lie thinks represent
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(ii) Centrifuge.
(iii) Filter candle with suction.
(iv) Ordinary filter with. e g, a No. 42 Whatman or
equivalent filter paper.
It is essential that the filtrate shall be clear.
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which have been used for the soluble safis analysis (Clause 33)
may be found a convenient sample but where any doubt exists,
ten whole bricks or blocks shall be used. Evaporation from
faces other than that which will appear as the exposed face in
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43. COMPLIANCE
43. I Bricks and blocks shall be deemed to comply with the require-
ments of this Standard when samples taken in accordance
with Clauses 33 and 34 and tested in accordance with the
appropriate clause for strength, dimensions, soluble salts,
elilorcsccncc, or water absorption, satisfy the appropriate re-
quirements of Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 of the Standard.
44. PROCEDURE IN THE EVENT OF DISPUTE
44.1 Tt niay not always be convenient, or even necessary, for both
manufacturer and user to be present at the time of sampling
and testing. If in such a case a test result is obtained which
does not conform to the requirements of this Standard such
a result may then, and only then, lead to a dispute. In this
event sampling and testing shall be repeated, in the presence
of, and to the satisfaction of representatives of both user and
manufacturer, to conform fully with the requirements of this
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APPENDIX A
APPLICATION OF WORKS QUALITY CONTROL
SCHEME FOR DIMENSIONS
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bricks; 1290 mm (5I~ in) for length, 615 mm (24~ in) for
width, and 390 mm (l5~ in) for thickness. Although the limits
are calculated to the nearest half unit, it is quite sufficient to
read each total for 6 bricks to the nearest unit.
The measurements are recorded directly in terms of gauge
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TABLE 8. LIMITS FOR USE WITH GAUGE BOARD
• . , • 2 mm units (3 /32 inch units)
Limits Dimensions.
Lower Upper
Control Length — 95 8)
(— + 95 (+ 8)
Width — 51 (— 4-i) + 51 (+ 41)
Thickness 4 44) + 7~ (+ 41)
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— (—
(—8.00) (8.00)
Width — 5.6 + 0.46W 5.6 — 0.46W
(-----4.67) (4.67)
Thickness — 3.8 + 0.46W 7.5 0.46W
—
(—4.67) (4.67)
Fixed Length 8 (— 7)
— + 8 (+ 7)
warning Width 5 (— 4)
— + 5 (+ 4)
Thickness — 3 (— 4) + 61 (+ 4)
TABLE 9. LIMITS FOR USE WITH ALTERNATIVE
SCALE FOR GAUGE BOARD
• , • 2 mm unIts (3/32 inch units)
Ltmits Dimenswn .
. Lower Upper
Control Length 5-5 (7) 245 (23)
Width 95 (104) 204 (194)
Thickness ii (1OD 22~ (191)
Warning Length 5.6 + 0.46W 24.4 — 0.46W
( 7.00) (23.00)
Width 9.4 + 0.46W 20.6 — 0.46W
(10.33) (19.67)
Thickness Il .2 + 0.46W 22.5 — 0.46W
(10.33). (19.67)
Fixed Length 7 (8) 23 (22)
warning Width 10 (11) 20 (19)
Thickness 12 (lI) 2I~ (19)
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APPENDIX B
CHOICE OF LiMITS AND ACCEPTANCE CLAUSES FOR
DIMENSIONS OF BRICKS
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FIGURE 6.
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CLAUSE 39 (d)(iv)
DOUBLE BRICKS REFERRED TO IN NOTE 3.
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