Quantities of Materials Per Cubic Meter of Concrete and Mortar Mix Proportions

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Quantity of materials such as cement, sand, coarse aggregates and water required per cubic meter of concrete  and mortar for different mix proportions varies with the mix design of the concrete and mortar respectively. Following table gives the estimated quantity of materials required per cubic meter of mortar and concrete for various nominal mixes.

Quantities of Materials Per Cubic Meter of Concrete Mix Proportions

Nominal Mix			Water Cement Ratio	Water per 50Kg Bag of Cement	Cement		Sand (CUM)	Crushed Stones (CUM)
Cement	F.A.	C.A.			By Weight (Kg)	By Number of Bags
1	1	-	0.25	12.5	1015	20.3	0.710	-
1	1.5	-	0.28	14	815	16.3	0.855	-
1	2	-	0.3	15	687	13.74	0.963	-
1	2.5	-	0.35	17.5	585	11.7	1.023	-
1	3	-	0.4	20	505	10.1	1.06	-
1	4	-	0.53	26.5	395	7.9	1.106	-
1	6	-	0.7	35	285	5.7	1.197	-
1	8	-	0.9	45	220	4.4	1.232	-
1	1	2	0.3	15	560	11.2	0.392	0.784
1	2	2	0.42	21	430	8.6	0.602	0.602
1	1.5	3	0.42	21	395	7.9	0.414	0.828
1	1.66	3.33	0.48	24	363	7.26	0.419	0.838
1	2	3	0.5	25	385	7.7	0.539	0.808
1	2	3.5	0.53	26.5	330	6.6	0.462	0.808
1	2	4	0.55	27.5	310	6.2	0.434	0.868
1	2.5	3.5	0.57	28.5	305	6.1	0.534	0.748
1	2.5	4	0.6	30	285	5.7	0.499	0.798
1	3	4	0.65	32.5	265	5.3	0.556	0.742
1	2.5	5	0.65	32.5	255	5.1	0.446	0.892
1	3	5	0.69	34.5	240	4.8	0.504	0.84
1	3	6	0.75	37.5	215	4.3	0.452	0.904
1	4	8	0.95	47.5	165	3.3	0.462	0.924

Notes: 1. F.A.= Fine Aggregates, C.A.= Coarse Aggregates 2. The table is based on assumption that the voids in sand and crushed stone are 40 and 45 percent respectively. 3. Air content of 1 percent has been assumed. 4. For gravel aggregates decrease cement by 5 percent, increase sand by 2 percent and coarse aggregate in proportion to fine aggregate in mix. 4. No allowance has been made in the table for bulking of sand and wastage. Read More: Methods of Proportioning Concrete - Cement, Sand and Aggregates