Table 3: Details of Fly ash Mortar Mixes

Table 4: Details of Nominal Plain Concrete Mixes

Table 5: Proportion Used by NCB for M20 Reinforced Concrete

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Standard Mortar Mixes

 

 

Fly ash  Mortar mixes

 proportion by Volume

 

 

Compressive Strength (N/mm2)

 

28 Days

Cement

Fly ash

 

Sand

1 : 4

1

0.6

4

15.6

1 : 6

1

0.9

6

8.9

 

Nominal Concrete Mixes

 

 

Equivalent Fly ash mixes by

volume

 

 

Compressive Strength (N/mm2)

 

28 Days

Cement

Fly ash

Sand

Aggregate

1 : 4 : 8

1

1.5

4

8

11.5

1 : 3 : 6

1

1.5

3

6

13.5

 

                                                         Quantity, Kg/m3 of Concrete

 

       Materials

PFA

OPC

       Cement

267

336

       Fly ash

164

Nil

       Water

210

212

       Sand

626

704

       Aggregate

1051

1065

       Superplasticizer

3.0

3.0

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