Fineness Modulus of Cement and Aggregates

Fineness Modulus of Cement :

  1. Open fineness modulus of cement experiment, a window will appear as shown. Hover pointer over description to read basic definitions. Then click on NEXT Button at the bottom right corner.

  2. Move hand near ON button to switch on the weighing machine, then click on the tray to place it in the weighing machine, then click TARE.

  3. Click on the tray with sample to weigh the required quantity of cement, click NEXT button.

  4. Click on 90µm sieve to place it above the pan, now click on measured sample to add it to the sieve then on lid to close the sieve.

  5. Click on sieve set to place it on the machine and switch on the machine by clicking on ON button, then hover on the sieve set to shake it.

  6. Now click on tightening screws to dismantle the sieve sets.

  7. Click on the single sieve, click TARE button and then click on the sieve with sample to get the weight of sample retained on that sieve. Then click NEXT button.

  8. Calculate the fineness value from the given observation and for formula click on FORMULA, enter the value and then click on CHECK.

  9. The detailed observation is given here, enter the calculated value, then click on CHECK to verify the answer.

Fineness Modulus of Fine Aggregates :

  1. Open fineness modulus of fine aggregate experiment, a window will appear as shown. Hover pointer over description to read basic definitions then click on NEXT Button at the bottom right corner.

  2. Here select the type of the sand to test. Then click NEXT Button.

  3. Click on ON Button to on the weighing machine.

  4. Move the mouse pointer to place tray on the weighing machine. Then click TARE.

  5. Now click on hand to pour aggregates into the tray. Then click NEXT button.

  6. Here click on the sieves to arrange it in decreasing order of their size.

  7. Click on tray to pour aggregate in to the arranged sieves and click on the sieve cap, then click NEXT button to proceed further.

  8. Click on sieve set to place it in a machine and then adjust the screws by clicking on it.

  9. Switch on the machine by clicking on ON button, then hover on the sieve set to shake it.

  10. Now click on screws to dismantle the sieve sets.

  11. Click on the single sieve, click TARE button and then click on the sieve with sample to get the weight of sample retained on that sieve. Then click NEXT button.

  12. Calculate the fineness value from the given observation and for formula click on FORMULA, enter the value and then click on GET Values.

  13. Enter the values of D10, D30 and D60 from the graph (hover mouse pointer over the points to see the value).

  14. Calculate Cc and Cu value, enter it and then click on CHECK.

Fineness Modulus of Coarse Aggregates :

  1. Open fineness modulus of coarse aggregate experiment, a window will appear as shown. Hover pointer over description to read basic definitions then click on NEXT Button at the bottom right corner.

  2. Click on ON Button to switch on the weighing machine.

  3. Move the mouse pointer to place tray on on the weighing machine. Then click TARE.

  4. Now click on hand to pour aggregates into the tray. Then click NEXT button.

  5. Here click on the sieves to arrange it in decreasing order of their size.

  6. Click on tray to pour aggregate in to the arranged sieves and click on the sieve cap, then click NEXT button to proceed further.

  7. Click on sieve set to place it in a machine and then adjust the screws by clicking on it.

  8. Switch on the machine by clicking on ON button, then hover on the sieve set to shake it.

  9. Now click on screws to dismantle the sieve sets.

  10. Click on the single sieve, click TARE button and then click on the sieve with sample to get the weight of sample retained on that sieve. Then click NEXT button.

  11. The detailed observation is given here, enter the calculated values or click on get values to get the results.