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Get PriceFINENESS MODULUS OF FINE AGGREGATE TxDOT Designation Tex 402 A Effective Date August 1999 1 SCOPE This method determines the fineness modulus of concrete fine aggregate used in evaluation of natural and manufactured sands for portland cement concrete The values given in parentheses if provided are not standard and may not be exact
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