What Is Fine Aggregate | Types of Fine Aggregates (Classification)

What Is Fine Aggregate?

Fine aggregates Read more

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Types of Fine Aggregates (Classification)

Mode of Origin Composition Grain Size Read more

1. Classification Fing Aggregates According to Mode of Origin:

Pit Sand. River Sand. Sea Sand. Read more

1.1. Pit Sand-

1.3. Sea Sand-

Clean Sand Silty Sand Clayey Sand Read more

2.1. Clean Sand-

2.3. Clayey Sand-

Grain Size Type 2 - 1 mm Coarse 1 - 0.25 mm Medium 0.25 - 0.15 mm Fine Read more

Fine Aggregate Size Requirement As Per IS 456

Type of Sand Range of Fineness Fine Sand 2.2 - 2.6 Medium Sand 2.6 -2.9 Coarse Sand 2.9 - 3.2 Read more

Type of Sand Grain Size Coarse Sand 2-1 mm Medium Sand 1 - 0.25 mm Fine Sand 0.25 - 0.15 mm Read more

Use of Ine Aggregate for General and Specific Purpose

Use of sand for general purposes Specific Uses of Sand Read more

Use of Sand for General Purposes

Preparing mortar for masonry work. Preparing mortar for different types of plastering and paintings. Preparing concrete for a slab, beams, columns, etc. Filling in trenches Levelling ground Foundation Concrete Floorings Different types of precast units, tiles, concrete pipes, etc . Read more

Specific Uses of Sand

To safeguard foundations in back cotton soil. Filling in breaches of canal banks. Temporary cofferdam Blotting excessive of bitumen from the surface of the road. For playgrounds Moulding works Sand-blasting for cleaning Counter-weights (Sand Bages) Read more

Properties of Fine Aggregate

Size of Fine Aggregates. Strength. Shape of Fine Aggregates. Specific Gravity. Surface Texture of Fine Aggregates. Water Absorption. Surface Index of Fine Aggregates. Soundness. Surface Moisture. Specific Surface of Fine Aggregates. Read more

Fine Aggregate:

Fine Aggregate Definition

Define Fine Aggregate

Which of the Below Can Be Used as Fine Aggregate

What Is Size of Fine Aggregate?

Fine Aggregate Definition in Civil Engineering

Aggregate Sand

Sand Aggregate

What Is Fine Aggregate in Concrete?

Sand Fine Aggregate

Fine Aggregate Types

Coral Sand Glass Sand Immature Sand Gypsum Sand Ooid Sand Silica Sand Pit Sand River Sand Sea Sand Green Sand Desert Sand Lithic Sand Mixed Carbonate-silicate Sand Biogenic Sand Garnet Sand Olivine Sand Volcanic Sand Heavy Mineral Sand Sands with Hematitic Pigment Continental Sand Quartz Sand Read more

Sources of Fine Aggregate

Types of Aggregate

Aggregate Is Called Fine Aggregate If

Fine aggregate Size variation Coarse Sand 2.0mm – 0.5mm Medium sand 0.5mm – 0.25mm Fine sand 0.25mm – 0.06mm Silt 0.06mm – 0.002mm Clay <0.002 Read more

Types of Coarse Aggregate

Coarse aggregate Size Fine gravel 4mm – 8mm Medium gravel 8mm – 16mm Coarse gravel 16mm – 64mm Cobbles 64mm – 256mm Boulders >256mm Read more

Fine Aggregate and Coarse Aggregate

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Grain Size	Type
2 - 1 mm	Coarse
1 - 0.25 mm	Medium
0.25 - 0.15 mm	Fine

Type of Sand	Range of Fineness
Fine Sand	2.2 - 2.6
Medium Sand	2.6 -2.9
Coarse Sand	2.9 - 3.2

Type of Sand	Grain Size
Coarse Sand	2-1 mm
Medium Sand	1 - 0.25 mm
Fine Sand	0.25 - 0.15 mm

Fine aggregate	Size variation
Coarse Sand	2.0mm – 0.5mm
Medium sand	0.5mm – 0.25mm
Fine sand	0.25mm – 0.06mm
Silt	0.06mm – 0.002mm
Clay	<0.002

Coarse aggregate	Size
Fine gravel	4mm – 8mm
Medium gravel	8mm – 16mm
Coarse gravel	16mm – 64mm
Cobbles	64mm – 256mm
Boulders	>256mm

What Is Fine Aggregate | Types of Fine Aggregates (Classification)