Civil Engineering - Concrete Technology - Discussion

Water and aggregates are measured in litres?

How please explain.

How is 20 bags of cement is 1 ton?

It should be 1 Quintel.

Admixtures and water measured in litre not aggregates.

Aggregate is measured by weight but water is measured by a litre.

I think in option B that will be admixture not aggregates.

Fine and coarse aggregates are measured using gauge box or farmas. Volume of gauge box is made equal to the volume of 1 bag of cement ie 35 litres or multiple threreof. Thus fine and coarse aggregates are measured in litres. Cement is always measured by weight.

Measuring water in kilograms can be done using the concept of density. The density of water is approximately **1 kg per liter** at standard temperature and pressure.

Therefore, to convert the volume of water in liters to kilograms, you can use the following relationship:

Measurement Conversion:
1. **Volume to Weight**:
- 1 liter of water = 1 kg
- Therefore, if you have a certain volume of water (in liters), it can be directly converted to kilograms.

For example, if you have 5 liters of water, it would weigh approximately 5 kg.

Practical Measurement:
In practical applications, you can measure water in a container that has a known volume (in liters) and then convert that volume into kilograms using the conversion mentioned above.

Example:
- If a recipe calls for 10 liters of water, you can say it weighs about *10 kg*.

This method is commonly used in construction and other fields where water needs to be accurately measured for mixing with other materials.

The volume of 1 cement bag is 35 L.
20bags = 20x50 kg
= 1000kg=1 tons.

Option b is also correct.

As 1529.20 kg = 1 m3.

So, we can convert kg into m3 and then we easily convert m3 into litres.

How can aggregate measure by the liter.