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2. Cubic ton - Wikipedia

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   One common such material is water, used in multiple units. For the cubic ton, the situation is more complex—there are different cubic tons for different materials. The 1964 Reader's Digest Great Encyclopaedic Dictionary gave the following ton-derived volumes: Timber, 40 cubic feet or 480.0 bd ft or 1.133 m 3; Stone, 16 cubic feet (0.453 m 3)

3. Concrete - Wikipedia

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   Concrete is a composite material composed of aggregate bonded together with a fluid cement that cures to a solid over time. Concrete is the second-most-used substance in the world after water, [1] and is the most widely used building material. [2] Its usage worldwide, ton for ton, is twice that of steel, wood, plastics, and aluminium combined. [3]

4. Neat volume - Wikipedia

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   A percentage is typically added to neat volume to estimate loose (i.e. uncompacted) volumes for procurement purposes. With concrete work, neat volume is calculated assuming there is no bowing in the formwork , or, for cast-in-place concrete, that the surfaces in contact with the concrete have no voids or imperfections that would require a ...

5. Precast concrete lifting anchor system - Wikipedia

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   The anchor selection, together with additional reinforcement, and rigging arrangements is influenced by: - The dead weight of the element - The number of anchors in the element and the configuration of the anchor - Capacity of the anchor at the specific concrete compressive strengths at time of lift - The dynamic loads applied during lifting ...

6. Cement industry in the United States - Wikipedia

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   In 2013, 70.8 percent of portland cement was sold as ready-mix concrete, such as is delivered in cement-mixer trucks. 11.5 percent was sold dry to contractors and construction materials stores; 11.3 percent was sold to manufacturers of concrete products; 4.6 percent was sold for oil and gas wells, and 1.8 percent was sold to government agencies ...

7. Hundredweight - Wikipedia

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   A hundredweight (cwt) road sign in Alderney, Bailiwick of Guernsey. The short hundredweight is commonly used as a measurement in the United States in the sale of livestock and some cereal grains [4] and oilseeds, paper, and concrete additives and on some commodities in futures exchanges.