Bricks Specifications:

Types of Dimensions Appearance compressive Ave. water Efflorescence

Bricks (in cm) test (visual) strength absorption test
(%) (Tendency to
efflorescence)

Common 35 kg/cm2 12-20%

building
bricks
Second class 70 kg/cm2 22% (1*)
bricks
First class 105 kg/cm2 20%
bricks
sun dried 15 – 25
bricks kg/cm2
fly ash bricks 90 – 100 12
kg/cm2

AAC block 30-40 kg/cm2. 59.67%

(2*)

Reference:

1. https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-water-absorption-of-a-1st-class-brick
2. http://www.ijarse.com/images/fullpdf/1459237508_378N.pdf
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