Industrial Sand

Ricci Bros. Industrial Sand Features

  • Available in a variety of precise grain sizes; epoxy, floors, cement, & asphalt
  • Quality control program assures consistent and repeatable grain size
  • Top dressing or underlayment for artificial putting greens and practice areas
  • Packaged in 100 lb. bags, 50 lb. bags, or 3000 lb. bulk sacks. Also available in bulk dump truck, tri-axle, or by rail

How to Purchase

Provide us with the grain sizes that you are looking for. Please include:

  • The largest and smallest ASTM E11 Sieve Sizes (16-30,
    20-40)
  • The average E11 Sieve Number (#40)
  • The millimeter size range (0.30 - 0.85mm inclusive)
  • The reference to the ASTM Standard

Example Uses Include:

  • Filler sands with controlled grain size distributions for epoxy, flooring, cement and asphalt
  • ASTM C144, C404, C897 mortar sands
  • Pipe and foundry sands
  • Reactor and geothermal sands
  • Can batch blend to match virtually any particle size distribution

Other Properties

Specific gravity (ASTM C128): >2.50 Sodium Soundness (ASTM C88): <15%
Acid Solubility (AWWA B100): < 5% Test for Clay (ASTM C40 or C117): plate 1 and 2
Hardness (Mohs Scale): 6-8 Unit Weight and Voids (ASTM C29): 100 lb/cu ft
Sphericity and Roundness (API RP56): 0.6 Chemical Analysis: SiO2: 98-99; Al2O3: 0.03-0.3, Fe2O3: 0.03-0.3, Na2O, K2O, TiO2, MnO2, MgO: to 0.05.

Common Gradations - wt % Passing

ASTM E11
Sieve#

mm.
Open

In.
Open

OOO

P40

OO

OON

O

1

2

3

4

4

4.75

0.188

              

100

99

6

3.35

0.132

            

100

99

50

8

2.36

0.094

          

100

95

55

10

10

1.70

0.067

  

100

    

100

95

55

5

1

16

1.18

0.045

  

95

  

100

99

45

10

1

  

20

0.85

0.033

  

80

100

99

50

5

1

    

30

0.60

0.023

100

60

95

35

5

1

      

40

0.42

0.016

95

35

40

5

1

        

50

0.30

0.012

75

10

5

1

          

60

0.25

0.010

45

5

2

            

70

0.21

0.008

30

2

1

            

100

0.15

0.006

5

1