Material building

1. University of BISHA
College of Engineering
Civil Engineering Department
Properties and Testing of Materials
Dr. Sherif Elsawaf
Department of Civil Engineering
E-mail: Shelsawaf2005@yahoo.com & Selsawaf@ub.edu.sa
SAND
SAND

2. • INTRODUCTION
• Sand is the main material in the glass
industry. It is also one of the important
building materials. It is one of the main
components of concrete. It is also used in
mortar and concrete, which is a
secondary component of bricks, bricks
and coatings.

4. • Sand is usually composed of mineral grains. It
is a sediment just like clay, gravel and silt.
Most common sand-forming mineral is quartz
RAW MATERIALS

5. TYPES OF SAND
1. Glass sand
2. Dune sand
3. Quartz sand
4. Volcanic sand with reddish
weathered basalt
5. Biogenic coral sand .
Coral pink sand dunes from Utah
7. Volcanic glass sand
8. Garnet sand

6. PHASES OF MANUFACTURING
1:Natural decomposition.
2-Extraction.
3- Sorting.
4- Washing.
5- Crushing.

8. SAND

16. -Construction purpose

17. Crushed Stone Sand / Artificial Sand

22. USAGE
1:Construction of roads
2:Industrial islands
3:Manufacture of bricks
4:Agriculture
5:Railways

25. TESTS
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1-shall be hard, durable.
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2- chemically inert,
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3- clean and free from adherent coatings
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4- and shall not contain any clay balls or
harmful impurities .

26. SAND TESTING
Instruments

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