Testing and analysis on sands and aggregates
List of tests carried out on sands and aggregates. The references in brackets refer to the standards used for each test.
Fine sands and aggregates
- Water content - Dessication at 105°C (NBN B 11-27)
- Particle size distribution (NBN EN 933-1)
- Fine particle content (NBN EN 933-1)
- Sand equivalent (NBN 589-208)
- Apparente density
- Density - dry and non compacted state (NBN 589-205)
- Fines void volume - dry and compacted state (CME 07.03)
- Apparent density of testing specimen
- True density
- By volumenometer
- By pycnometer (CME 03.09)
- Determination of organic matter content
- By colorimetry (NBN 589-207)
- By H2O2 method (NBN 589-207)
- Humic matter content (NBN EN 1744-1)
- HCl test (NBN 589-209)
- Loss-on-ignition
Fine soils, sands and granulates
- Fines particle size distribution by sedigraphy
- Particle size smaller than 0.02 mm content - Atterberg cylinder method (CME 02.01)
- Determination of Atterberg limits (CME 01.03)
- Bearing test CBR with swelling measurement (Peltier)
- Methylene blue test (NBN EN 933-9)
- Flow coefficient of aggregates (NBN EN 933-6)
- Test on stabilised sand - Proctor test specimen (CME 51.08 STM D698 et D1557-91)
- CO2, calcium and magnesium content (CME.02.06)
- Water content (NBN 589-203)
Aggregates
Crushed stone, gravel and slag
- Sampling (NBN B11-002)
- Particle size distribution (NBN EN 933-1)
- Form index (NBN B11-203)
- Flat and/or long stone percentage, screening with oblong hole gauge (NBN 329)
- Round stone percentage (CME 03.03)
- Porosity of dry compacted filler (NBN EN 1097-4)
- Apparent density (NBN B11-206)
- Absolute density
- hydrostatic balance or equivalent method
- on stone, picnometer and uder vacuum (CME 03.09)
- on powder, picnometer and uder vacuum (CME 03.09)
- on filler, picnometer (NBN EN 1097-7)
- Loose bulk density and voids (NBN EN 1097-3)
- Loss-on-ignition (CME 1.3)
- Water content - oven drying (NBN EN 1097-5)
- Static compression (NBN B11-205)
- Organic matter content
- By colorimetry (NBN 589)
- By H2O2 method (NBN 589-207)
- Humic matter content (NBN EN 1744-1)
- Fines content - Humid method (NBN EN 933-1)
- Polished stone value (NBN EN 1097-8)
- Dry density of granulated slag
- Free lime content in slag (CME 202:01.04)
- Los Angeles test (NBN EN 1097-2)
- Micro-Deval test (NBN EN 1097-1)
- Slag swelling (NBN EN 1744)
- Petrographic test
- Flakiness index (NBN EN 933-3)
- Water soluble chrloride content (NBN EN 1744-7)
- Water soluble sulfate (NBN EN 1744-10)
- Acid soluble sulfate (NBN EN 1744-12)
- Freez/thaw (NBN EN 1367-1)
- Density (NBN EN 1097-6)
- Aggregates identification (PTV 406)
- Splitting (CME 01.11)
- Aggregates swelling (CME 01.12 B)
- Stiffening effect - Delta ring and ball test (CME 07.08)
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