Compressive Strength of Dimension Stone (ASTM C-170)

Cleint Name. MRRD Lab No. ST-001

Mansoor Hafiz Construction &Supply company and
Sub-Contractor. Sampling Date. 10-Jun-21
Dawud Asas Construction Company(JV)
Structure Stone Masonary Testing Date. 12-Jun-21

Location. Zabul Province Stone Color. White/Gray

Sourse. Local Mountains Sampled by. Contractor

Construction of 10.45 km Asphalt Surfaced road &

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Project Name. drainage Structures from Do Rahi to Bagh bazar In Temprature. 24.6 C
Arghandab district of Zabul.
Drying Time: 48 hour at 60 ± 2°C (140 ± 4°F) Specification Limits
Load Average
Cube Stone Cube Size (Cm) Area Strenght Strenght Methods of Applying
Strength
Load
No. KN Length Width ( Cm2 ) Kg/cm2 Mpa Mpa

1 203.2 5 5 25.0 845.6 82.9 Parallel

2 196.7 5 5 25.0 818.6 80.3 Parallel

3 195.4 5 5 25.0 813.2 79.7 81.0 Parallel

6 90.293 5.06 5.01 25.4 370.6 36.3 Perpendicular

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Absorption and Bulk Specific Gravity of Dimension Stone ASTM C-97
Dry Weigth of Specimen g 466 458 465 459.71 Sp/Gravity Average

SSD Weigth of Specimen g 468 459 467 461.93

Immerse Weigth of Spec in Water g 298.4 290.4 292.1 291.79

Bulk Specific Gravity (Oven Dry) 2.748 2.716 2.659 2.702 2.708
Bulk Specific Gravity (SSD) 2.759 2.722 2.670 2.715 2.717
Apparent Specific Gravity 2.780 2.733 2.689 2.738 2.734
Absorption of Water 0.43 0.22 0.43 0.48 0.359

Specific Gravity Parallel Bedding of Rift Perpendicular Bedding of Rift

Remarks

Tested By: Checked By: Noted By: Approved By:

Sr. Lab Techn: Lab Manager Contractor Engineer MoPW Engineer