BGR ENERGY SYSTEMS LIMITED

CHENNAI - INDIA

PROCEDURE

FOR

SIEVE ANALYSIS OF FINE AGGREGATES

DOCUMENT NO : BGR/PPD/QCP/CIVIL -011/ REV 0

DATE : 23/03/02013

Name Signature

Prepared by Quality Assurance S. Rajesh

Reviewed by S.Paulraj

Reviewed by TVBSS Murthy

Approved by – Head QA&C P. Subramanian

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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1.0 SCOPE 2

2.0 STANDARD DEVIATION 2

3.0 ASSUMED STANDARD DEVIATION 3-4

4.0 CALCULATION OF STANDARD DEVIATION 5

5.0 EXAMPLE OF CALCULATION OF STANDARD DEVIATION 6

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REVISION STATUS

REV NO DATE DETAILS OF REVISION

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1. 0 AIM: To determine the properties of fine aggregate for size and

distribution by calculating fineness modulus and deciding grading zone.

2. 0 APPARATUS:

2.1 Drying oven.

2.2 IS Sieve 10 mm, 4.75 mm, 2.36 mm, 1.18 mm, 600 microns, 300 & 150
microns
2.3 Weigh balance to the accuracy of 1g.
2.4 Brush, Metal trays etc.

Weigh balance Sieve set

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3.0 PROCEDURE:

3.1 Sample is collected as per the sampling procedure. Pl refers BGR /PPD
/CIVIL-003 Rev 0.
3.2 Sieve shall be cleaned and arrange in sequence in descending order, i.e.
10 mm, 4.75 mm, 2.36 mm, 1.18 mm, 600 micron, 300 micron 150
micron and pan.
3.3 Take around 1 kg of sample and dry it in oven at a temperature of 100
to 110 deg c.
3.4 Dried sample shall be than weighed and sieved successively on sieve
starting with 10 mm and through 150 micron
3.5 Each sieve shall be shaken at least for 2 minutes until no more trace
passes.
3.6 The shaking shall be done with a varied motion, backwards and
forwards, left to right, circular clockwise and anti-clockwise and frequent
jarring, so that the materials is kept moving over the sieve surface in
frequently changing direction. Material shall not be forced through the
sieve by hand pressure
3.8 Light brushing with a fine camel hair brush may be used on the 150
microns and 75 micron IS Sieve to prevent aggregation of powder and
blinding of apertures.
3.9 Stiff or worn out brushes shall not be used for this purpose and pressure
shall not be applied to the surface of the sieve to force particles through
the mesh
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3.10 On completion of sieving, weigh the material retained on each sieve and
calculate the cumulative weight retained on each sieve.
3.11 Obtain cumulative percentage weight retained on each sieve.

4.0 Reporting

4.1 The cumulative percentage by weight of the total sample passing each
sieve, to the nearest whole numbers.
4.2 Fineness modulus: Add values of cumulative percentage retained on
each sieve and divided by 100.

5.0 GRADING LIMIT

5.1 Grading limit of fine aggregate as per IS: 383-1970 is given below.

Percentage passing by weight

IS SIEVE
Zone 1 Zone 11 Zone 111 Zone IV
10 mm 100 100 100 100

4.75 mm 90-100 90-100 90-100 95-100

2.36 mm 60-95 75-100 85-100 95-100

1.18 mm 30-70 55-90 75-100 90-100

600 microns 15-34 35-59 60-79 80-100

300 micron 5-20 8-30 12-40 15-50

150 micron 0-10 0-10 0-10 0-15

Note: It is recommended that fine aggregate conforming to Grading zone IV

should not be used in RCC works.
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5.0 Sample calculation

TOTAL WEIGHT OF SAMPLE : 500G

IS Sieve Size Mass of Percentage of Cumulative Percentage

soil mass retained percentage finer
retained on each sieve retained
on each
sieve (g)
4.75 mm 12 (12/500)x 100-2.4
2.4
100 = 2.4 =97.6
2.36 mm 8.7+18.7 100-12
48 9.6
= 12 =88.0
1.18 mm 12+10.2 100-22.2
51 10.2
= 22.2 = 77.8
600 microns 97 19.4 41.6 58.4
300 microns 178 35.6 77.2 26.8
150 microns 79 15.8 93 7
75 microns 32
Total =249

Fineness modulus : 249/100 = 2.49