Experiment No. (1) Gypsum test.

Fineness test .

Name : Hayder Jabbar Sahep

First year
Supervision Dr. Raad Muneeb Al Sheikh
2024-2023

Al-Farabi University College Civil Engineering Department

Material Engineering laboratory
 Gypsum Plaster

Gypsum plaster comprise all that class of plastering and cementing

material which are obtained by partial or complete dehydration of
natural gypsum and to which contain material that serve as retarder or
hardeners or that important greater plasticity to the product may not
have been added during or after calcinations. Raw materials- Gypsum
rocks Pure gypsum is a hydrous lime sulphate ( CaSO4. 2H₂O ), the
composition of which are by weight is as follows Lime CaO 32.6% Lime
Sulphate Sulphur trioxide SO₃ 46.5% Water H₂O 20.9% .

The physical teste must be done according to the Iraqi standard

specifications (No.24 -1988) and the requirements accordant to the
Iraqi standard specifications (No.25 -1988) and this test is Gypsum’s
.Values

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 Test No. one

Test name Fineness test

The purpose of the experiment is to find the percentage of particles
passing through the sieve number (16) or (1.18)
MM Research the fact that the plaster is free of crystals agglomerated
due to moisture or It contains impurities .

According to the specifications of Iraq (IQS(Specification Standard Iraqi

No. 28 of 1988.

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Apparatus and devices
-1 sieve No. 16 or 1.18 mm
-2 accurate balance
-3 put
-4 simple of plaster
-5 electric vibrator

Working method :
1- prepare a batch of the plaster to be examined in an amount of 200 g
2- put the bag in the sieve No. 16 and cover and sift with a vibrator or
Due for three minutes with
Not to use any tools or tools to break up clusters
3- The Weight of the plaster remaining on the sieve

Calculations
We apply the following equation:

The degree of softness = the weight of the plaster remaining on the

sieve ÷ the weight of the simple × 10

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Discussion of results:
If the result of the examination is for the following types of examination
under the Iraqi standard, it is considered successful
Otherwise, he was considered a failure in the examination of
smoothness
1- The Usual plaster is not more than (8)
2- stucco art abounds (5)
3- Paris gypsum more than (1)

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Iraqi specification No. (27) of the year (1988)

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