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Thermocouple and Platen Specifications

This document discusses specifications for testing the compressive strength of rock specimens, including requirements for: - Platens (steel blocks) used to apply load, which must be hard, flat within a certain tolerance, and match the specimen size - One platen must have a spherical seat to allow for small movements, while the other platen must be rigidly parallel - Safety precautions like shields to prevent flying rock fragments when specimens fail violently under compression loading

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Thermocouple and Platen Specifications

This document discusses specifications for testing the compressive strength of rock specimens, including requirements for: - Platens (steel blocks) used to apply load, which must be hard, flat within a certain tolerance, and match the specimen size - One platen must have a spherical seat to allow for small movements, while the other platen must be rigidly parallel - Safety precautions like shields to prevent flying rock fragments when specimens fail violently under compression loading

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thermocouples or platinum resistance thermometers (RTDs)

having accuracies of at least 61°C with a resolution of 0.1°C.


5.4 Platens—Two steel platens are used to transmit the axial
load to the ends of the specimen. They shall have a hardness of
not less than 58 HRC. The bearing faces shall not depart from
a plane by more than 0.0125 mm when the platens are new and
shall be maintained within a permissible variation of 0.025
mm. The platen diameter shall be at least as great as the
specimen diameter, but shall not exceed 1.10 times the speciemen
diameter. The platen thickness shall be at least one-half
the specimen diameter.
5.4.1 Spherical Seating—One of the platens should be
spherically seated and the other a plain rigid platen. The
diameter of the spherical seat shall be at least as large as that
of the test specimen, but shall not exceed twice the diameter of
the test specimen. The center of the sphere in the spherical seat
shall coincide with the center of the loaded end of the
specimen. The spherical seat shall be lubricated to ensure free
movement. The movable portion of the platen shall be held
closely in the spherical seat, but the design shall be such that
the bearing face can be rotated and tilted through small angles
in any direction.
5.4.2 Rigid Seating—If a spherical seat is not used, the
bearing faces of the platens shall be parallel to 0.0005 mm/mm
of platen diameter. This criterion shall be met when the platens
are in the loading device and separated by approximately the
height of the test specimen.
6. Safety Precautions
6.1 Many rock types fail in a violent manner when loaded to
failure in compression. A protective shield should be placed
around the test specimen to prevent injury from flying rock
fragments. Elevated temperatures increase the risks of electrical
shorts and fire.
7. Sampling
7.1 The specimen shall be selected from the cores to
represent a valid average of the type of rock under consideration.
This can be achieved by visual observations of mineral
constituents, grain sizes and shape, partings and defects such as
pores and fissures, or by other methods such as ultrasonic
velocity measurements.
8. Test Specimens
8.1 Prepare test specimens

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