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American Concrete Association (ACI) Absolute Volume Method of Concrete Mix Design
Cement Type: 10
Specific Gravity: 3.155
A 200 kg batch on air-entrained concrete with a slump in the 30 to 50 mm range and a water/
cement ratio of 0.45 is required.
SOLUTION:
1
w w 228 kg
4. If 0.45, then c 456 kg The mass of cement required = 456 kg
c 0.5 0.5
456 kg
The volume of cement The volume of cement required = 0.145 m3
3155 kg/m 3
719 kg
SSD volume of coarse aggregate = 0.270 m3
2660 kg/m 3
2286 kg
The proportioning factor = 76.2
30 kg
NOTE: The information in this table should appear in the table on Datasheet 7.5.
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