Aggregates for Concrete
performance record, the aggregates should be tested before they are used in concrete. The most commonly used aggregates—sand, gravel, crushed stone, and aircooled blastfurnace slag—produce freshly mixed normalweight concrete with a density (unit weight) of 2200 to 2400 kg/m. 3 (140 to 150 lb/ft. 3). Aggregates of expanded shale,