Impact of Addition of Banana Fibres at Varying Fibre Length and Content on Mechanical and Microstructural Properties of Concrete

Table 3

Physical properties of aggregates.

Material properties	Coarse aggregate	Fine aggregate
Type	Crushed	River sand
Maximum size (mm)	19	4.75
Fineness modulus, FM	2.86	—
Water absorption (%)	0.61	0.37
Apparent density (g/m^3)	2800	2850
Mica content (%)	0.0	—
Fines < 0.075 mm (%)	2.74	—
Flakiness index (%)	—	9.5
Elongation index (%)	—	11.6