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Why specific gravity test on aggregate is performed?

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Question added by Muhammad Farooq , QA-QC MANAGER , AL Bawani contracting co.
Date Posted: 2016/11/20
Perumal Muniyandy
by Perumal Muniyandy , Rock Mechanics & Tunnel Construction Engineer / Resident Engineer , InfotechIdeas (Pvt.) Ltd.

Aggregate specific gravity is needed to determine weight-to-volume relationships and to calculate various volume-related quantities such as voids in mineral aggregate (VMA), and voids filled by asphalt (VFA). Absorption can be used as an indicator of aggregate durability as well as the volume of asphalt binder it is likely to absorb

 

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