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Los AuELES ABR AS10N EST ON AAuiuRE

GiiREnATE

Dbjec tive lo dedexrine he

4he Abzasion
Abzasion Valne Conre Aapyode
by uslng lo Ageles Aesting Machine w
with an Abyasive Charge

Apparatus Used 3- Los Angeles Abuasion Machine Abvasive changes

6iexe., Towel eighing Balance.

Descxipion Los Angeles testing machine Consíst of a bollow Steel

Cylindex., clesed at both ends hoving an inside diametex
Omm ondinside length of 500 mm mounted On Stub shafte about
Which the Cylindxícal dxur 3otades about hoxizonta axis.
The Pxinciple af His test is to find the percentage Wea due

to the yelaive xwbbing acion aaween 4he agreqates and steel

balls used abxasive chage. Duwing los angeles abasion. test, both
abyasion rubking arlion bchien the aggegate &the steel bally
and pounding artion of these balls on he aggegates take place.

Ihe aggsade ghading hawe been sAandandised A8,CD,E,F 2G

ghading fox Los Angeles abza sion. Lect and the Specifications for the
grading and eight of ot Ccaxe aggegae Sampe to be taken and absacive
haxge to be used por BIS given in Table -1 Abzasive change
as pe

Consistin ot Cast ivon. sphenes cprezimadel 48 mm in diameBex and

390 to 445 ueight e used.est sieye with omm opening
is used tox
Sieving and Separa ling the fines affer the abxasion 4est

dried in an
)Clean. aggegades dricd oven. at j05 lo110°c to Constant Weight
 Test
Abxasion
20
3330
tS000254584
t 15 25
t500025
S000
t
chaxe25
Abzasive.
Chaxge lg 2s
5000t
t
500 Angeles
2

Sphezes
G.34.S-2-36
12 11 12
Los
12 12

padirgaggede
Conducing.
10-63-415 5000

disfexent
on 0o
25002s
xetained
fox Penited.
fo
2:s- 12so
gransand 10
|1250
12So1250
2Soo
-

-Specificaons
20-12S
in Passing 20
Sample 50-40-2s- is
S0005000
mmL Pexcent
5o005
000
test 25
ange,
1sieves 2500|2S0o5000 2 -1
o 40 t
80-63-] of
Weight
si~e 50
Table
test Tolexance
in 63

Gi%ad-ing
A B C D F
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Cen foxming to ang One of he gadng A, 8, c D E,F, or

as peL Table - 1. is used for the tes

2| Agregades Weighing 5* foz gading A,B.c o D and 10k for

gnading E.E be taken. test specimen 9 placed. in
thecyindex .

3 The abyasiye chaxge is alse chesen acoxdance with Table-1

Ldepending n the grading of the aggreade and is placed in
the cylinde of Machine

Ahe Corex is then fixcd dut -tight. Jhe mochine is xotaded at

Hhe Specified speed of Bo to33 xevalutions pex minute
5 he specified numbex d xevolutions is 500 fox greding AB,C &D
and 1000 fox gadings E,F2y

Afte the specified Numbex of xevolations, the machine is Stopped

and the mateial 1S dischaxged from the machine taking Cane to
take ot entire stone duste

Using
mateial
sieve
is first
of
separated
size Largex. than 1.40 mtest sieve
into too part & the ine
the
p0siion ís
taken out and sieved fwthex. 1.40 mm test sieve.

3Jbe poxdion. of madeial Coase than 1 omm Size Washed

and dxied. OVen at 10S to 110'c to Constant Loeight A
weighed Correct to 19
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Obsewaion. and Caleuaion.

Jhe dilienence betoen he oxriginal ond final. weighs o the

aple xepxesents the actal that has taken place and
this Value is expxessed as Pecentage of the oxiginal
weíght of the [ample and is xepozted as the pereendoge Weat.

laxading= D
No. sphexes Ueed = s
No. o Revolutions 50O

Leight of sqecimen ( ) 5000

Weight ot Specimen a_tex abaslen

test etained on 1.40 mm test Sieve Lalg =(5o00- 450)
1.10
4550

Los Angelas Abxasion. Value L Wea=

5000455o

Kesult

xest of the. Los Angeles abzasi

Jhe xesult abxasion. test is expxessed
perrentage Weae