What is the volumetric weight of building materials

It's not a secret for anyone that every detail is important in the construction. Without this, not to build any industrial facility, even a small house. It is extremely important to take into account the volumetric weight of building materials when erecting any buildings and objects.

What is it for? Firstly, it will greatly help with the choice of the necessary transport for transportation. Secondly, knowing the bulk weight of a building material, you can properly pick up the lifting mechanisms for their installation (if, of course, they are generally required). Among other things, this value must be known in order to correctly calculate all the necessary parameters of the building.

So what is the bulk weight and where does this figure come from? This parameter is the total weight of the material per cubic meter or per square meter (depends on which material is involved). For example, if we need a bulk weight of concrete, then this will necessarily be a cubic meter, and if you need a bulk weight slate, then it will be a square meter. It should also be taken into account that the bulk weight includes all kinds of empty spaces (air pores), in other words, the calculation is not pure (in the construction the term "specific" is used) the weight of the material.

As an example, let us consider the bulk weight of crushed stone, in particular granite. Granite crushed stone is a very popular material, used in the construction of any scale.

In turn, this popularity is due to its high technical characteristics. It is durable, frost-hardy and has a grain composition. These very grains are presented in cuboid form, and after all, this form is most convenient for use at the construction site. Another important positive point is its large enough bulk weight. Thus, a granite crushed stone with a volume of one cubic meter is approximately 1.4 tons, which is a decent indicator.

Such a large bulk density of rubble is caused by a slight presence of voids between its grains. And this is an indisputable advantage. Firstly, if you use granite crushed stone when creating all kinds of construction mixtures such as concrete, you can count on the special strength of the finished product. Secondly, due to the presence of only small free voids, a considerable saving of cement mortar takes place. And this is again profitable, but from an economic point of view.

Knowing such a parameter as the volume weight of a building material helps to use it with maximum efficiency, taking into account its pluses (as in the case of granite crushed stone) or possible disadvantages.

It is worth noting that to simplify the work of designers, architects and builders, there are special tables that indicate the bulk weight of a material.

Construction works also require knowledge of other characteristics of materials: density, porosity, frost resistance, thermal conductivity, heat capacity, strength, hardness, elasticity, water permeability, etc.