Sand Equivalent Test in accordance with BS EN 933-8

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Subsample 1
1. Determination of moisture content w (%) for first test portion

Mass of container(M1A) = __________ g

Mass of container + wet sample (M2A) = __________ g

Mass of wet sample (M3A = M2A-M1A) = __________ g

Mass of container + dry sample (M4A) = __________ g

Mass of dry sample (M5A = M4A M1A) = __________ g

Moisture content (w) = __________ %

(M3A M5A)
w= x 100 %
M5A

2. Determination of fines content f (%) for second test portion

Mass of sample (M1B) = __________ g

Dry mass of sample retained on a 63 m sieve (M2B) = __________ g

(used as dry corrective aggregate)

Fines content (f) = __________ %

M2B(100+w)
f = 100 %
M1B

Subsample 2
1. Determination of total mass (MT) of sample for two test specimens

If the fines content is less or equal to 10 % ,

120(100+w)
MT = g
100

MT = __________ g

If the fines content is greater than 10 %,

MT = M3C + M4C
 1200
M3C = f ( 1 + 100 ) g
(mass of moist aggregate taken from the subsample 2)

M3C = __________ g

120
M4C = 120 f g
(mass of dry corrective aggregate)

M4C = __________ g

MT = __________ g

2. Sand Equivalent Value SE(10)

For test specimen 1:

h1 = __________ mm

h2 = __________ mm

h1
SE ( x 100 ) = __________ %
h2

For test specimen 2:

h1 = __________ mm

h2 = __________ mm

h1
SE ( x 100 ) = __________ %
h2

Average SE value = __________ %