Civil Engineering

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The Los Angeles (LA) abrasion test is a common test method used to evaluate the hardness of coarse aggregates … Read more “LA Abrasion Test on Coarse Aggregate”

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The determination of density, specific gravity, and absorption of coarse aggregate is an important test conducted in the construction … Read more “Determination of Density, Specific Gravity, and Absorption of Coarse Aggregate”

Saturated surface dry (SSD) conditions refer to the state where the surface of the fine aggregate is neither saturated nor … Read more “Procedure for Attaining Saturated Surface Dry Conditions of Fine Aggregate”

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The absorption of fine aggregate is an essential parameter to consider when designing concrete mixtures. It is defined as … Read more “Determination of Absorption of Fine Aggregate”

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     Water is said to be turbid, in simple terms, if it is “dirty”. In a turbid water, light transmission … Read more “Turbidity of Water Sample”

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     Unconfined compression test is a quick test to obtain the shear strength parameters of cohesive (fine grained) soils either … Read more “Unconfined Compression Test”

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     The total solids in a water sample refer to the material residue left in the vessel after evaporation of … Read more “Total Solids in Water”

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The main cause of water hardness is dissolved salts of calcium and magnesium. Additionally, the other ions like Strontium, … Read more “Total Hardness of Water Determination”

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     “Dissolved solids” refer to any minerals, salts, metals, cations or anions dissolved in water. Total dissolved solids (TDS) comprise … Read more “Total Dissolved Solids in Water”