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Foundry Sand Facts for Civil Engineers

General Interest: provides practical guidance to engineers responsible for the day-to-day design, construction, rehabilitation, maintenance, and management of pavements.

Primary Topic: Materials-General

Description: Document provides technical information about the potential civil engineering applications of foundry sand. Metal foundries use sand as part of metal casting. When sand can no longer be used due to contamination it is removed from the foundry and is termed foundry sand.

FHWA Publication Number: FHWA-IF-04-004

Publication Year: 2004

Document Links: PDF (file size: 0.3 mb)

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