Coarse Aggregate
Concrete is a composite material composed of fine and coarse aggregate bonded together with a fluid cement (cement paste) that hardens (cures) over time
Field Tests
- Sieves Analysis (Gradation)
- Flakiness & Elongation Index
- Aggregate Impact Value
- Aggregate Crushing Value
- Determination of 10% Fineness value
- Absorption
- Specific Gravity
- Bulk Density & Voids
- Soundness (5 Cycles in MgS04/Na2S04)
- Petrographic Examination of Aggregate
- Chemical Tests of Aggregates
- Electrical Resistivity of aggregate
- Deleterious Material
- Organic Impurities
- Polished Stone Value of aggregate