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How to determine the volume of water per cubic meters of concrete?

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Question added by Alfred Obire
Date Posted: 2016/04/17
roy salvador rivera
by roy salvador rivera , Civil engineer , Ihtiraf Contracting & Trading

By water cement ratio; it depends to the slump test requirement.

Nader Ali
by Nader Ali , Technical office manager , AlSafwa Contracting

it is depend on the workability and stringth requirements

and the quantity of admixture in the concrete mix

JITENDRA KUMAR SAO
by JITENDRA KUMAR SAO , SR. QUANTITY SURVEYOR , JGC CORPORATION PTE SINGAPORE

with water/cement ratio for concrete 0.5 to0.65 is applicable.

Sunil K
by Sunil K , Assistant Engineer , Ajmera Realty and Infra (I) Ltd.

W/C ratio in the respective code.

Tony Bockhart
by Tony Bockhart , Principal Officer (Quantity Surveyor) , New South Wales Government

Different strength concrete have differing Water : Cement ratios and thus differing water volume

Mushreq Abdulmajeed
by Mushreq Abdulmajeed , Senior Project Supervisor , Lagoon Spring Company

when you have W/C RATIO and if you have the quantity of cement then you can find the volume of water

ziad ميهوب
by ziad ميهوب , prépare le béton prêt a l’emploi , société béton africain

For 1 Clubic meter of concrete are cement 300 kg 800 kg of sand and gravel 1000 has end added 180 liter of H2O.

to check the homogenity and keeps the commingling made the verification of the water content using a cone of Abram if the mixture is wet or the test of crushing if the cylindrical mold is dry.

and thank you.

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