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-COARSE AGGREGATE
NORMAL AGGREGATE -FINE AGGREGATE
CLASSIFICATION -ALL-IN AGGREGATE
NATURAL
LIGHT WEIGHT
AGGREGATE
ARTIFICIAL
HIGH DENSITY AGGREGATE
• Aggregate of high specific gravity, that is
ranging from 2800 kg/m3 to 2900 kg/m3 are
used to make high density concrete.
• Examples of aggregate in this class
examples magnetite and barytes.
• They produce dense and crack free concrete.
• The main drawback is that they are not
suitably graded. It is difficult to have
adequate workability without segregation.
NORMAL DENSITY AGGREGATE
• COARSE AGGREGATE
– Coarse aggregate are material retained on 5 mm BS 410 sieve test.
– Coarse aggregate consists of natural occurring stones (crushed,
uncrushed or broken).
– It should be hard, strong, dense, durable, and clean.
– It should be roughly cubical in shape. Flaky pieces should be avoided.
Characteristics of coarse aggregate
– The coarse aggregate is clean, hard, non porous, free from lumps of
clay and vegetable matter.
– Water absorption of aggregate is not more than 10 % of its weight
after 24 hours immersion in water.
– Angular and roughly cubicle particles are ideal. River gravels make the
best coarse aggregate.
– Aggregate is chemically inert material.
NORMAL DENSITY AGGREGATE
• FINE AGGREGATE
– Fine aggregate is a material which passed
through a 5mm BS 410 sieve test.
– Sand is generally considered to have a lower size
limit of about 0.07 mm material between
0.06mm and 0.002mm is classified as silt, and
smaller particles are called clay.
NORMAL DENSITY AGGREGATE
• FINE AGGREGATE
Fine aggregate
Natural sand resulting from natural
disintegration of rocks
Sand may be described
Fine aggregate
Crushed stoned sand or produced by crushing
crushing gravel sand hard stone or natural
gravel respectively.
NORMAL DENSITY AGGREGATE
• ALL-IN AGGREGATE
– These are material composed of a mixture
of coarse and fine aggregate.
– These are normally not graded and used in
unimportant works as they are taken from pit or
river bed.
– Hence, they are also regarded or referred to as
“pit run aggregate”
LIGHT WEIGHT AGGREGATE
• Any aggregate with particle density of less than 2000 kg/m3.
• Light weight aggregate may be subdivided into
following groups:-