Brard’s Test on stones
This is carried out to know the behavior of stone against frost action. That’s is why this is also known as frost test.
Procedure: In this test few pieces of stone specimen are immersed in boiling ( Concentrated) solution of sulfate of soda.
After this is kept suspended for few days and reweighed. the loss in weight indicated the effects of frost action.
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