Publisher's Synopsis
In the UK the annual demand for aggregates for use as construction materials is about 280 million tonnes. This book features selected topics that are particularly relevant to aggregates, written by leading experts in the field. It is an authoritative guide for commercial and technical specialists in the quarrying industry, and technologists in the field of construction materials, as well as teachers of engineering and geology.;Over the past ten years British Standards for aggregates have been thoroughly overhauled. For example, the grading limits applied to concrete sands were substantially altered because evidence was collected to show that the previous standards did not describe the materials in satisfactory use. Also the British Standard test methods for sampling and testing aggregates have been almost completely fully revised, and extended to cover several methods not previously standardized.;The process of reviewing British Standards has now been superseded by the setting up of a committee to write European standards for aggregates. Reviewing all of these developments, this book will be welcomed by all those working and studying in the field.
