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    Ex.

    No: Date:
    WATER ABSORPTION TEST ON (I )BRICK/FLY ASH BRICK (ii) COARSE
    AGGREGATES.

    Aim:

    To determine the water absorption of brick and coarse aggregate.

    General Introduction:

    Bricks constitute an important class of building material. Generally


    there are two types of bricks such as country bricks and stock bricks. Water
    absorption of brick is often taken as a measure of porosity, which in turn is
    considered to be inductive of,

    1. Possible leakage through the bricks and


    2. Tendency towards disintegration when the moist bricks are subjected to
    alternate freezing and thawing.
    Water absorption gives an idea on the internal structure of
    aggregate. Aggregates having more absorption are more porous in nature and
    are generally considered unsuitable, unless found to be acceptable based on
    strength, impact and hardness tests.
    Apparatus:

    1. Steel rule
    2. Sensitive balance
    3. Ventilated Oven
    Procedure:

    1. The specimen is dried in a ventilated oven at a temperature of 1050 C to


    1150 C till it attained substantially constant mass.
    2. The specimen is cooled to room temperature and it’s mass (W1) is
    determined.
    3. Then the completely dried specimen is immersed in clean water at a
    temperature
    of (27 +/- 2) 1o C for 24 hours.

    4. The specimen is removed and wiped out of any traces of water with a
    damp cloth and weighed (w2) within three minutes.
    5. The above procedure is repeated on fresh specimens and all the
    observations are tabulated and the average percentage water absorption
    is worked out.

    Result:
    Water absorption of the given sample of brick = ____________ %

    Water absorption of the given sample of Coarse Aggregate = ____________ %


    Observation & Tabulation:

    Percentage of
    Dry
    Wet Weight of water
    weight of
    weight of water absorption
    S.No Sample
    Description Sample absorbed
    (w1)Kg
    (w2)Kg (w2-w1)Kg (w2-w1) x 100
    w1
    Flyash
    1
    Brick
    Coarse
    2
    Aggregate

    Calculation:

    Weight of water absorbed by brick =(w2-w1)Kg

    Percentage Water absorption by brick = (w2-w1) x 100

    w1
    =

    Weight of water absorbed by coarse aggregate =(w2-w1)Kg

    Percentage Water absorption by coarse aggregate = (w2-w1) x 100

    w1

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