It's no secret that every detail is important in construction. Without this, not a single industrial facility, even a small house, can be built. 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 volumetric weight of a particular building material, you can choose the right lifting mechanisms for their installation (if, of course, they are required at all). Among other things, this value must be known in order to correctly calculate all the necessary parameters of the building.
So what is volumetric weight and where does such an indicator come from? This parameter represents the total weight of the material per cubic meter or per square meter (depending on what kind of material we are talking about). For example, if we need the volumetric weight of concrete, then it will necessarily be a cubic meter, and if we need the volumetric weight of slate, then we will talk about a square meter. It is also worth considering that the volumetric weight includes all kinds of unfilledspace (air pores), in other words, it is not the net (the term "specific" is used in construction) that is taken into account.
As an example, consider the volumetric weight of crushed stone, in particular granite. Granite crushed stone is a very popular material used in construction of any scale.
In turn, such popularity is explained by its high technical characteristics. It is durable, frost-resistant and has a grain composition. These very grains are presented in a cuboid form, and it is this form that is most convenient for use at a construction site. Another important positive point is its rather large volumetric weight. Thus, granite rubble with a volume of one cubic meter is approximately 1.4 tons, which is a decent indicator.
Such a large volumetric weight of crushed stone is caused by a slight presence of voids between its grains. And this is an undeniable advantage. Firstly, if crushed granite is used to create all kinds of building mixtures such as concrete, then you can count on the special strength of the finished product. Secondly, due to the presence of only minor free voids, there is a significant saving in cement slurry. And this is again profitable, but from an economic point of view.
Knowing such a parameter as the volumetric weight of a building material helps to use it with maximum efficiency, taking into account its advantages (as in the case of crushed granite) or possibleshortcomings.
It is worth noting that to simplify the work of designers, architects and just builders, there are special tables that indicate the volumetric weight of a particular material.
Construction work also requires knowledge of other characteristics of materials: density, porosity, frost resistance, thermal conductivity, heat capacity, strength, hardness, elasticity, water permeability, etc.
