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Characteristics of quartz sand.
| Indicator Title | Value | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grain Composition of Sand | Sieve Size, mm | 2.5 | 1.25 | 0.63 | 0.315 | 0.16 | <0.16 |
| Private Balances, % | 18.6 | 12.5 | 24.6 | 31.6 | 9.3 | 3.1 | |
| Total Balances, % | 18.6 | 31.1 | 55.7 | 87.3 | 96.6 | ||
| Size modulus | 2.9 | ||||||
| Content of dust and clay particles, % | 0.85 | ||||||
| True grain density, kg/m3 | 2692 | ||||||
| Bulk density, kg/m3 | 1475 | ||||||
| Sand class by grain composition | 1 | ||||||
| Voidness of sand, % | 45 | ||||||
