COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
ACTIVITY NO. 3
SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF FINE AGGREGATES
I.
DATA
Wf
Ws
Wt
500
1022
220
Where:
Wf= weight of Chapman flask
Ws=weight of sample in air at SSD condition
Wt=weight of flask+sample+water
WS
500
II.
OBSERVATION
- THE PURPOSE OF THIS TEST IS TO DETERMINE THE SPECIFIC
GRAVITY OF FINE AGGREGATES SUCH AS SAND. THE TEST
PROCEDURE REQUIRED THE FOLLOWING EQUIPMENT AND
APPRATUS: CHAPMAN FLASK, SAND CONE APPARATUS, BALANCE
AND SPOON. THE TEST PROCEDURE STARTED BY WEIGHING THE
FLASK USING THE DIGITAL WEIGHING SCALE. THE FLASK IS THEN
FILLED WITH WATER HALF FULL. THE 500g SSD SAMPLE IS THEN
ADDED AT THE FLASK AND WATER IS ADDED ABOUT 90% OF THE
FLASKS CAPACITY. THE MIXTURE IS THEN AGITATED TO RELEASE
ENTRAPPED AIR. ONCE AGITATED, THE FLASK IS IMMERSED IN A
WATER BATH AT 20 DEGREES CELSIUS FOR 3 HOURS .ALL THE
RELEVANT DATA IS THEN GATHERED FOR THE PURPOSE OF
DETERMINING THE SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF FINE AGGREGATES.
III.
ANALYSIS
- BEFORE PERFORMING THE TEST PROCEDURE, CONE TEST IS
REQUIRED TO DETERMINE IF THE SAMPLE HAS ATTAINED ITS
SATURATED SURFACE DRY CONDITION (SSD). SATURATED
SURFACE DRY CONDITION IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT AFFECTS
DIRECTLY THE WORKABILITY AND STRENGTH OF CONCRETE.
IV.
CONCLUSION
ONCE DETERMINED, THE SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF FINE
AGGREGATES WILL BE THE INDICATOR OF HOW MUCH WATER IT
CAN HOLD IN ITS PERMEABLE PORES, THUS AFFECTING THE
CONCRETES STRENGTH AND ABSORPTION PROPERTIES.
ACTIVITY NO. 3
SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF FINE AGGREGATES
I.
DATA
Wf
Ws
Wt
220
500
1022
Where:
Wf= weight of Chapman flask
Ws=weight of sample in air at SSD condition
Wt=weight of flask+sample+water
WS
500
SG= 500Wt +Wf +Ws = 5001022+220+500 =2.525
II.
OBSERVATION
- IN THIS EXPERIMENT, THE SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF FINE AGGREGATES
SUCH AS SAND WAS DETERMINED. THE FOLLOWING LABORATORY
TOOLS ARE USED IN THE EXPERIMENT: CHAPMAN FLASK, SAND
CONE APPARATUS, BALANCE AND SPOON. THE EXPERIMENT BEGINS
BY WEIGHING THE FLASK USING THE DIGITAL WEIGHING SCALE.
THE FLASK IS THEN ABOUT 50% OF ITS CAPACITY. THE 500g SSD
SAMPLE IS THEN INTRODUCED AT THE FLASK AND WATER IS ADDED
ABOUT 90% OF THE FLASKS CAPACITY. THE MIXTURE IS THEN
ROLLED, INVERTED AND AGITATED TO RELEASE AIR BUBBLES. ONCE
AGITATED, THE FLASK IS IMMERSED IN A WATER BATH AT 20
DEGREES CELSIUS FOR 3 HOURS.
III.
ANALYSIS
- IT IS IMPORTANT THAT BEFORE PERFORMING THE TEST PROCEDURE
IN DETERMINING THE SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF FINE AGGREGATES, IS
THAT THE SAMPLE MUST BE ON ITS SATURATED SURFACE DRY
CONDITION.
IV.
CONCLUSION
- THE STUDENT CONCLUDED THAT THE SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF FINE
AGGREGATES GREATLY INFLUENCE THE STRENGTH PROPERTIES OF
CONCRETE. THE EXPERIMENT ALSO GAVE AN INSIGHT HOW THE
CONCRETE WILL BE MORE ECONOMICAL BY KNOWING ITS
COMPOSITION SUCH AS THE FINE AGGREGATE AND ONE OF ITS
IMPORTANT PROPERTY WHICH IS SPECIFIC GRAVITY.
ACTIVITY NO. 4
TIME OF SETTING OF CEMENT BY VICAT APPARATUS
I.DATA
TIME OF INITIAL SETTINGTIME OF FINAL SETTINGTIME WATER WAS ADDED-
3:52
6:27
3:06