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alternately in the same class of construction or<br />

mix.<br />

Table 300 A<br />

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Grading :<br />

Percent<br />

Sieve<br />

Passing<br />

3/8 100<br />

No. 4 95 - 100<br />

8 80 - 100<br />

16 50 - 85<br />

30 25 - 60<br />

50 10 - 30<br />

100 2 - 10<br />

200 0 - 3<br />

Fineness modulus 2.50-2.15<br />

Organic Impurities<br />

Chlorides soluble in dilute<br />

Nitric Acid<br />

Total Acid soluble sulphates<br />

Silt<br />

Mortar strength<br />

The color shall have an intensity<br />

not darker than two-thirds the<br />

intensity of the standard color<br />

solution. (Not darker than Plate<br />

2 as determined by the Standard<br />

Method of Test for Organic<br />

Impurities in Sands for Concrete<br />

of ASTM Designation C - 40<br />

Not more than 0.10 percent by<br />

weight when expressed as sodium<br />

chloride (NACL).<br />

Not more than 0.50 percent by<br />

weight when expressed as sulpher<br />

trioxide (S03)<br />

Not more than 2 percent<br />

Compression ratio not less than<br />

95 percent.<br />

Soundless Weighted average loss when<br />

subjected to 5 cycles of the<br />

soundless test using magnesium<br />

sulfate, not more than 10<br />

percent.<br />

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3-36<br />

<strong>SPECIFICATIONS</strong><br />

CONCRETE WORK<br />

C 3.04<br />

Coarse Aggregate<br />

(A)<br />

General Requirements

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