What should be percentage of silt content in sand?

Answer Posted / sanjeev

IS 383 gives limit for 'material finer than 75 micron' as 3% for uncrushed and 15% for crushed fine aggregate, and this is for a combination of silt (0.002 to 0.075 mm) and clay (<0.002mm), and not only for silt.

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