Standard Sand For Cement Testing

STANDARD SAND Standard sand is used to assess the quality of cement, lime, pozzolana and other mineral admixture used in construction industry. CHARACTERISTICS Standard sand shall be of quartz material Colour of the standard sand is light grey or whitish It should be free from silt The sand grains should be angular, but a small percentage of flaky or rounded particle is permissible PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION OF STANDARD SAND All the particles of standard sand fall within the size range of 2 mm to 90 micron (as mentioned in the table below) Particle Size Percentage 2 mm to 1 mm 33.33% 1 mm to 500 micron 33.33% 500 micron to 90 micron 33.33%