Faculty of Planning

Materials

The Material Testing Laboratory facilitates the testing of various materials for a range of different properties relevant in construction industry. This helps in determination of material quality and performance. The properties that are being tested for each material are mentioned below.

•  Cement

• Fineness

• Specific gravity

• Consistency

• Soundness

• Initial and final setting time

• Compressive strength

• Sand

• Sieve Analysis

• Determination of silt content

• Specific Gravity

• Water Absorption

• Bulk Density

• Bulking of Sand

• Coarse Aggregates

• Sieve Analysis

• Flakiness and Elongation Index

• Water Absorption

• Specific Gravity

• Aggregate Impact value

• Aggregate Crushing value

• Bricks

• Dimensional Tolerance

• Compressive Strength

• Water Absorption

• Efflorescence

• Density

• Steel

• Tensile Strength

• Modulus of Elasticity

• Dimensional Tolerance