The increase in the volume of a given mass of fine aggregate caused by the presence of water is known as bulking. The bulking of sand is c...

    Fine Aggregates Functions : 1) It fills the voids existing in coarse aggregate. 2)It reduces shrinkage and cracking of concre...

Alkali-Aggregate Reaction(AAR)  : It is the reaction between active silica constituents of the aggregate and alkalis i.e.Na 2 O  &...

  Specific gravity :      It is the ratio of the mass of solid in a given volume of a sample to the mass of a canal volume of water at...

Aggregate can be classified as : i) Normal weight aggregates. ii) Lightweight aggregate. Normal weight aggregate can be furt...