How to calculate the quantity of water in cement mortar eg.
CM 1:3?

Answer Posted / agilan.v

to calculate quantity of water you need to know water cement ratio... 1(cement):3(sand). we cant find w/c ratio from proportions... normally w/c ratio ranges from 0.4 to 0.7. first we have fix w/c ratio to calculate proportion value.

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