Arab International University

Faculty of Civil Engineering

2011-2012
Title: BMS Practical – Apparent Density of gravel particle- result data Issue: 1.0
Sheet

Apparent Density Test

Student name:
Section: Pr1 Group: 4
Quantity of tested sample: 2988.8
Date of test:
Sample Description and
observations:

Results
Remarks Action
Group # All
Yes Yes Immerse gravel particle in water
No No for 24 hours.
Use dry soft absorbent cloth until After 24 hours remove the particle
Yes Yes
all visible water films are from water and gently surface-dry
No No
removed. the aggregate.
Tight the gravel particle with wire
and hang to the hydrostatic
[g] (to nearest 0.1g) 3018.4
balance, weigh it and record the
mass of it in air M1.
Immerse it in water container,
[g] (to nearest 0.1g) 1853.8 weigh it and record its mass in
water M2.
temperature of (110 ± 5) °C until it Yes Yes Remove the particle from water,
has reached constant mass, No No cut the wire and place in the oven.
[g] (to nearest 0.1g) 2988.8 Weigh it and record the mass of it
in air M3.
Group number
Calculations
All Gn
Apparent Density [g/cm3] M3
ρa =
( M 3 −M 2 ) 2.63
to nearest 0.01g/cm ) 3 γw

water absorption (by mass) [%] M 1 −M 3

ww= ×100 % 0.99
M3
(to nearest 0.1%)

water absorption (by volume) [%]

M 1 −M 3
wv= ×100 %
( M 1 −M 2 ) 2.54
(to nearest 0.1%)
γw

* Assume
γ w =1 g/cm 3

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