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Permissible Soluble Sulphates in Aggregate

This document provides material details for aggregate used in construction projects. It specifies requirements for coarse and fine aggregate used in cement concrete. The aggregate must be hard, durable, clean and free of deleterious materials. It also provides permissible maximum limits for salt and soluble sulphate content in aggregates. Preferred gradings are provided for coarse aggregate, fine aggregate, and combined aggregate used in concrete.

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Permissible Soluble Sulphates in Aggregate

This document provides material details for aggregate used in construction projects. It specifies requirements for coarse and fine aggregate used in cement concrete. The aggregate must be hard, durable, clean and free of deleterious materials. It also provides permissible maximum limits for salt and soluble sulphate content in aggregates. Preferred gradings are provided for coarse aggregate, fine aggregate, and combined aggregate used in concrete.

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MATERIAL DETAILS

1701 AGGREGATE

1701.1 Aggregate for Bed Course Materials


No change.

1701.2 Aggregate for Cement Concrete (Section 1001 and Others)

Aggregate for concrete shall consist of coarse aggregate (aggregate substantially retained on the 5 mm sieve)
and fine aggregate (aggregate substantially passing the 5 mm sieve).

Unless otherwise specified the coarse aggregate shall be crushed rock from an approval quarry and the fine
aggregate shall either be crusher fines or river sand.

Aggregate from marine sources will not be approved. The aggregate shall be free of salt and organic matter.
The permissible maximum salt content shall be as follows:

Table 1701-1 – Permissible maximum salt content in aggregate


MATERIAL SODIUM CHLORIDE SOLUBLE SULPHATES

Fine Aggregate 0.10 % 0.25 %

Coarse Aggregate 0.05 % 0.25 %

The aggregate both coarse and fine shall be hard durable and clean and shall be from weathered, soft,
laminated or elongated pieces, deleterious matter, dust and clay.

The Aggregate Impact Value (AIV) of the coarse aggregate determined as given in Section 1801 shall not be
greater than 45.

The flakiness index of the coarse aggregate when determined by the sieve method described in BS-812 shall
not exceed 35%.

Where crusher fines are used as fine aggregate, they shall be derived from rock meeting the requirements of
coarse aggregate given above.

The preferred grading for concrete aggregate, fine aggregate and combined aggregate are given in Table1701-
2, 1701-3 and 1702-4 respectively. The aggregate grading shall be determined as given in Section 1801.

Table 1701-2– Preferred Grading for Coarse Aggregate for Concrete


PERCENTAGE PASSING
SIEVE
Nominal size of graded aggregate (mm) Nominal size of single sized aggregate (mm)
SIZE (mm)
37.5 to 5 20.0 to 5 14 to 5 37.5 20.0 14.0
75.0 100 - - - - -
63.0 - - - 100 - -
37.5 95-100 100 - 85-100 100 -
20.0 40-72 96-100 100 0-30 87-100 100
14.0 - - 95-100 - - 88-100
10.0 12-42 35-62 67-88 0-6 0-30 0-58
5.0 0-5 0-13 0-16 - 0-6 0-13
2.36 - - - - 0 -

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