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Specification of a Concrete Mix
The required concrete strength, the age at testing and the method of testing must be specified for a designed concrete mix. In mix design a target mean ...
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Fine and Coarse Aggregate Contents
The fine and coarse aggregate contents are calculated from the total aggregate content and the percentage of fine aggregate. ...
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Concrete Mix Design Software
Concrete mix design and statistical analysis software firstmix and firstbreak. ... Firstmix Lite is our new low cost concrete mix design software. ...
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Type of Fine Aggregate
The Fine Aggregate Type may be specified with the Fine Aggregate Type Drop List on the Mix Design Form. It may be either crushed or uncrushed. ...
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Concrete Mix Design Software
Concrete mix design and statistical analysis software firstmix and firstbreak.
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Slump Test
The slump is the distance that the centre of the cone top settles. In a so-called ‘true’ slump test the base of the concrete does not spread excessively. ...
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Air Entrainment
Air entrainment, which may be defined as the intentional generation of small air bubbles in the freshly mixed concrete, is often employed to improve the set ...
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Air Entrainment
Air entrainment, which may be defined as the intentional generation of small air bubbles in the freshly mixed concrete, is often employed to improve the set ...
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Concrete Density
Firstmix calculates the expected density of the wet concrete. ... You can either specify an overall relative aggregate density or give full details for the ...
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Lightweight Concrete Mix Design
It is not possible to specify lightweight concrete on the Mix Design Form, which only caters for the DOE Method. The Laboratory Measurements Dialog allows ...
