Unit Weight & Density of Building Material or Construction Material

     This standard deals with dead loads to be assumed in the design of buildings and same is given in the-form of unit weight of materials. The unit weight of other materials that are likely to be stored in a building are also included for the purpose of load calculations due to stored materials.

   This Indian Standard (Part I) (Second Revision) was adopted by the Bureau of Indian Standards on 30 October 1987, after the draft finalized by the Structural Safety Sectional Committee had been approved by the Civil Engineering Division Council. Which is also followed by NBC 102.

1.  Aggregates

 2.  Sand

3. Water

4. Steel

5. Broken Bricks

6. Common Bricks

7. Ballast Stones

8. Basalt Stones

9. Granite Stones

10. Marble Stones

11. Ordinary Cement

12. Rapid Hardening Cement

13. Cement Mortar

14. Plain Concrete Cement (P.C.C)

15. Reinforced Concrete Cement (R.C.C)

16. Masonary

17. Common Brunt Clay Bricks

18. Sand Stone

19. Lime Concrete

20. Cement Plaster

21.  Lime Plaster

22. Oak, Sal Timber

23.  Mango Timber

 24. Teak Timber

25. Coal

26.  Plastic

27.  Oils

28. Ashes

29. Clinker

30.  Rubber

31. Slag

32. Clay Solid

33.  Glass

34. Chalk