Israeli Standard for Aggregates – IS 3

Arnon Bentur

Presentation at the

TAIEX expert mission

on the Resource Efficiency of Construction and Concrete Materials

Technion, Haifa, Israel

July 17th, 2018
 Size Range

Dust/Fines/Filler/Micro-fines

clays cement grains fine aggregate coarse aggregates

1 100

microns millimeters
 Range and Definitions
• Lightweight aggregate – up to 2000 kg/m3
• Heavy weight aggregate – more than 3000 kg/m3
• Coarse aggregate – bigger than 4.75 mm
• Fine aggregate – smaller than 4.75 mm
• Fine natural aggregate (natural sand)
• Fine crushed aggregate (crushed sand)
• Dust – most passing 75 microns
• EN – Fines, particle size fraction of an aggregate which passes the 63 micronsns sieve
• Clay lumps
• Aggregate labelling – maximum and minimum sizes (e.g. 19/5)
• Maximum aggregate size
• Filler – material serving as mineral additive, obtained in crushing of limestone or dolomite rocks
• all smaller than 600 microns at least 65% smaller than 75 microns
• Flaky aggregate
• Elongated aggregate
• Single size aggregate
• Multi size aggregate
 Grading – Coarse Aggregate: Table 2

No definition of all-in aggregate

EN Definition:
aggregate consisting of a mixture of coarse and fine aggregates
Grading – Fine Aggregate: Table 3, 2016 Revision
Natural Crushed
 Grading – Fine Aggregate: Table 3, 2016 Revision
Natural Crushed

Filler definition somewhat different than EN:

IS - all smaller than 600 microns, 65% smaller than 75 microns
EN - all smaller than 2mm, at least 85% smaller than 125 microns, at least 70% smaller than 63 microns
 Coarse aggregate for concrete: Table 4
Concrete grade
B A Type A – 40MPa grade concrete (B40-C25/30)or more
Type B – 30MPa concrete maximum (B30-C20/25)

LA Crushing Value
Type A – 23 maximum
Type B – 28 maximum

Absorption
Type A – 2.5% maximum
Type B – 4.0% maximum
Dust (fines)
Type A – 1.5% maximum
Type B – 2.0% maximum

5.5 Particle density and water absorption

When required the particle density and water absorption shall be
determined in accordance with EN 1097-6 and
the results declared on request stating the means of determination
and the calculations used.
Concrete Grading IS188, 466 and EN 206

B30 - C20/25
B40 – C25/30
Coarse aggregate for concrete: EN
Implications of Limits on Crushing Strength of Coarse Aggregates

Crushing values and concrete strength Crushing value classifications

1.2 70

EN
Relative strength of concrete

1 60

Crushinh value, LA test

3 % 50
0.8
Max. IS 40 IS – Type A
0.6 IS – Type B

30
0.4
Max. EN 20
0.2
10
0
20 30 40 50 60 70 0
LA crushing value LA15 LA20 LA25 LA30 LA35 LA40 LA45 LA50 LA60
EN Classification – LA crushing value
Source: A.Bekoe and M.Tia, University of Florida, Gainesville
 Fine aggregate for concrete: Table 5
2 6 ‫ג"ת‬

Dust (fines) content Concrete grade

Type A – 15% maximum Type A – 40MPa grade concrete (B40-C25/30)or more
Type B – 20% maximum Type B – 30MPa concrete maximum (B30-C20/25)
Limits on Dust (IS) and Fines (EN) in Fine Aggregate
EN classification
25

20
Clay limits -EN
15 Methylene blue less than 3 when the fines content is
above 3%
10

0
f3 f4 f5 f6 f7 f10 f16 f22

IS classification
25
Type B
20 Type A
Clay limits -IS
15
15% mximum content in dust of particles smaller than 5
10 microns
5

0
F5 F10 F15 F20
 Strategies for Using Dust/Fines as Fillers in Concrete
EN 12620 – Filler - material serving as mineral additive, obtained in crushing of limestone or dolomite rocks
all smaller than 600 microns at least 65% smaller than 75 microns

EN 206
3.1.2.1 addition: finely-divided-inorganic constituent used in concrete in order to improve certain properties or to
achieve special properties
3.1.2.2 type I addition: nearly inert addition
3.1.2.3 type II addition: pozzolanic or latent hydraulic addition

IS 118
Allows use of filler, no provisions for properties, except size
IS 466
Allows use of materials not covered by Israeli standard, if they comply with a foreign standard
EN 12620
Does not specify limiting values on properties, except definition of size
• the sand equivalent value (SE) when tested in accordance with EN 933-8 exceeds a specified lower limit;
• the methylene blue test (MB) when tested in accordance with EN 933-9 gives a value less than a particular
specified limit;
• equivalence of performance with known satisfactory aggregate is established or there is evidence of
satisfactory use with no experience of problems.
Thanks for your attention