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DEPARTMENTOFCI VI
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LITARYINSTITUTEOFSCIENCEANDTECHNOLOGY
2020

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Exper
imentTi
tl
e:Si
eveAnal
ysi
sofFi
neandCoar
seAggr
egat
es
St
andar
d:ASTM C136/
C136M –14
1.
1Scopeoft
heExper
iment
Thi
stestmet
hodcov
erst
hedet
ermi
nat
ionoft
hepar
ti
clesi
zedi
str
ibut
ionof
f
ineandcoar
seaggr
egat
esbysi
evi
ng.
1.
2Summar
yofTestMet
hod
Asampl
eofdr
yaggr
egat
eofknownmassi
ssepar
atedt
hroughaser
iesof
si
evesofpr
ogr
essi
vel
ysmal
l
eropeni
ngsf
ordet
ermi
nat
ionofpar
ti
clesi
ze
di
str
ibut
ion.

1.
3Si
gni
fi
cance
Thi
stestmet
hod i
sused pr
imar
il
yto det
ermi
net
hegr
adi
ng ofmat
eri
als
pr
oposedf
oruseasaggr
egat
esorbei
ngusedasaggr
egat
es.Ther
esul
tsar
e
usedt
odet
ermi
necompl
i
anceoft
hepar
ti
clesi
zedi
str
ibut
ionwi
thappl
i
cabl
e
speci
fi
cat
ionr
equi
rement
sandt
opr
ovi
denecessar
ydat
aforcont
rolof
the
pr
oduct
ionofv
ari
ousaggr
egat
epr
oduct
sandmi
xtur
escont
aini
ngaggr
egat
es.
Thedat
amayal
sobeusef
uli
ndev
elopi
ngr
elat
ionshi
psconcer
ningpor
osi
ty
andpacki
ng.
1.
4Appar
atus
1.
4.1 Bal
ances,
1.
4.2 Si
eves,
1.
4.3 Mechani
cal
siev
eshaker
,and
1.
4.4 Ov
en.

1.
5Sampl
i
ng
Thor
oughl
ymi
xthesampl
eandr
educei
ttoanamount
,sot
hatt
hesampl
efor
t
estshal
lbeappr
oxi
mat
elyoft
hewei
ghtdesi
redwhendr
y.
1.
5.1 Fi
neAggr
egat
e—Thesi
zeoft
het
estsampl
e,af
terdr
ying,shal
lbe300
gmi
nimum.
1.
5.2 Coar
seAggr
egat
e—Thesi
zeoft
het
estsampl
eofcoar
seaggr
egat
e
shal
lconf
orm wi
tht
hef
oll
owi
ng:
Nominalmaximum si
ze, Mi
nimum wei
ghtoft
estsampl
ekg(
lb)
Squar
eopening,
mm (in)
9.
5(3/8) 1(
2)

2
 12.5(1/ 2) 2(
4)
19.0(3/4) 5(11)
25.0(1) 10( 22)
37.5(1.5) 15( 33)
50(2) 20(
44)
63(2.5) 35( 77)
75(3) 60(130)
90(3.5) 100( 220)
100( 4) 150( 330)
112( 4.5) 200( 440)
125( 5) 300( 660)

1.
6Br
iefPr
ocedur
e
1.
6.1 Dr
ythesampl
etoconst
antwei
ghtatat
emper
atur
eof110+5
Cor
110-5
C.
1.
6.2 Nestt
hesi
evei
nor
derofdecr
easi
ngsi
zeofopeni
ngf
rom t
opt
o
bot
tom andpl
acet
hesampl
eont
het
opsi
eve.
1.
6.3 Agi
tat
ethesi
evesbyhandorbymechani
calappar
atusf
orasuf
fi
cient
per
iod,
say15mi
nut
es.
1.
6.4 Li
mitt
heQuant
it
yofmat
eri
alonagi
vensi
evesot
hatal
lpar
ti
cleshav
e
t
heoppor
tuni
tyt
oreachsi
eveopeni
ngsanumberoft
imesdur
ingt
he
si
evi
ngoper
ati
on.I
nnocaseshal
lthewei
ghtbesogr
eatast
ocause
per
manentdef
ormat
ionoft
hesi
evecl
oth.
1.
6.5 Cont
inuesi
evi
ngf
orasuf
fi
cientper
iodandi
nsuchmannert
hat
;af
ter
compl
eti
on,notmor
ethan1wei
ght%oft
her
esi
dueonanyi
ndi
vi
dual
si
evewi
l
lpasst
hatsi
evedur
ing1mi
nut
eofcont
inuoushandsi
evi
ng.
1.
6.6 Det
ermi
net
hemassofeachsi
zei
ncr
ementbywei
ghi
ngonascal
eor
bal
ancet
othenear
est0.
1%oft
het
otalor
igi
naldr
ysampl
ewei
ght
.The
t
otalwei
ghtoft
hemat
eri
alaf
tersi
evi
ngshoul
dcheckcl
osel
ywi
th
or
igi
nalwei
ghtofsampl
epl
acedont
hesi
eves.I
ftheamount
sdi
ff
erby
mor
ethan0.
3% basedont
heor
igi
naldr
ysampl
ewei
ght
,ther
esul
ts
shoul
dnotbeusedf
oraccept
ancepur
poses.

Cal
cul
ati
on
1.
6.7 Cal
cul
ate per
cent
ages passi
ng, t
otal per
cent
age r
etai
ned, or
per
cent
agesi
nvar
ioussi
zef
ract
iont
othenear
est0.
1%ont
hebasi
sof
t
het
otal
wei
ghtoft
hei
nit
ial
drysampl
e.

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1.
6.8 Cal
cul
atef
ineness modul
us,when r
equi
red,by addi
ng t
he t
otal
per
cent
ageofmat
eri
ali
nthesampl
ethati
scoar
sert
haneachoft
he
f
lowi
ngsi
eves(
Cumul
ati
veper
cent
ager
etai
ned)
,anddi
vi
dingt
hesum
by100:150-
m (
No.100)
,300-
m (
No.50)
,600-
m (
No.30)
,1.
18-
mm
(
No.16)
,2.
23-
mm (
No.8)
,4075-
mm (
3/8-
in)
,37.
5-mm (
1.5i
n),and
l
arger
,incr
easi
ngi
nther
ati
oof2t
o1.

1.
7Dat
aSheet

ForFi
neAggr
egat
e

Si
eve Si
eveOpeni
ng Mater
ial
s %Material
s Cumulati
ve %Fi
ner
Number (
mm) Retai
ned Ret
ained %Retained
(
gm)
#4 4.
75
#8 2.
36
#16 1.
19
#30 0.
59
#50 0.
30
#100 0.
15
Pan - -
Total - -

FM

ForCoar
seAggr
egat
e

Si
eve Si
eveOpeni
ng Mater
ial
s %Material
s Cumulati
ve %Fi
ner
Number (
mm) Retai
ned Ret
ained %Retained
(
gm)
3/2inch 37. 5
¾inch 19. 05
½inch 12. 5
3/8inch 9.5
#4 4.75
#8 2.36
#16 1.19
#30 0.59
#50 0.30
#100 0.15
Pan - -
Total - -

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 FM

ForCombi
nedAggr
egat
e(FA:
CA=1:
1.5)

Si
eve Si
eveOpeni
ng Mater
ial
s %Material
s Cumulati
ve %Fi
ner
Number (
mm) Retai
ned Ret
ained %Retained
(
gm)
3inch 76. 2
1.5inch 38. 1
¾inch 19. 05
3/8inch 9.5
#4 4.75
#8 2.36
#16 1.19
#30 0.59
#50 0.30
#100 0.15
Pan - -
Total - -

FM

FM comb=(
m1FM1+m2FM2)
/(m1+m2) m1=amountofFA
m2=amountofCA
=

1.
8Resul
tAnal
ysi
s

FM f
orf
ineaggr
egat
e:

FM f
orcoar
seaggr
egat
e:

FM f
orcombi
nedaggr
egat
e:

1.
9Di
scussi
on

5
1.
10 Assi
gnment
s

1.Whati
smeanby‘
goodgr
adi
ng’
?

2.Whati
sthepr
act
ical
useofcont
rol
l
ingt
hegr
adi
ngofconcr
eteaggr
egat
e?

3. How doest
hef
inenessmodul
usofaggr
egat
eaf
fectt
hest
rengt
h of
concr
ete?

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