Material Testing Lab

List of Experiments / Activities

1. Testing of various properties of following materials as per BIS specifications
2. I. Cement
3. 1Normal Consistency of cement.
4. 2Initial & final setting time of cement
5. 3Compressive strength of cement
6. 4Fineness of cement by air permeability and Le-chatalier’s apparatus.
7. 5Soundness of cement.
8. 6Tensile strength
9. II Course Aggregates
10. 1Water absorption of aggregate
11. 2Sieve Analysis of Aggregate
12. 3Specific gravity &bulk density
13. 4Grading of aggregates.
14. III Fine Aggregates
15. 1Sieve analysis of sand
16. 2Silt content of sand
17. 3Bulking of sand
18. IV Bricks
19. 1Water absorption.
20. 2Dimension Tolerances
21. 3Compressive strength
22. 4Efflorescence