ASTM C 216 - 10 Standard Specification for Facing Brick (Solid Masonry Units Made from Clay or Shale)

American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM). Current edition approved June 1, 2010. Published June 2010. Originally approved in 1947. Last previous edition approved in 2007 as C216 – 07a. 13 p. This specification covers brick intended for use in masonry and supplying structural or facing components, or both, to the structure.
The property requirements of this specification apply at the time of purchase. The use of results from testing of brick extracted from masonry structures for determining conformance or nonconformance to the property requirements (Section 6) of this specification is beyond the scope of this specification.