BSCI 2300 TEST 3 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% VERIFIED
Brick Division - ANSWER Division 4
Stone and Brick - ANSWER strongest and most durable of pre-industrial building materials
Mortar - ANSWER - Cushions masonry units, ensuring uniform bearing
- Seals joints between the units, minimizing the flow of air and water
Ingredients of mortar - ANSWER - sand
- water
- concrete
Portland Cement- Lime Mortar - ANSWER Ingredients:
1. Portland cement
2. Aggregate
3. Hydrated lime
4. Water
25% - 30% - ANSWER percentage of wall made up by mortar
,lighter - ANSWER Mortar and concrete always dry _______________
Mortar mix - ANSWER •Sand provides the basic structural body of the hardened mortar.
•There is almost one cubic foot of sand in a cubic foot or mortar.
Type N Mortar minimum Avg Compressive Strength - ANSWER 750psi
Raw materials - ANSWER - Natural clays are excavated from the earth, ground up, and
screened to control particle size.
- Water is added to achieve a plastic consistency ready for molding into bricks.
Brick Forming: Molded - ANSWER - soft mud process
- dry press process
Brick Forming: Extruded - ANSWER - stiff mud process
(pushing material through a hole)
Brick Firing - ANSWER -formed bricks are dried and then kiln-fired.
- pass through varies stages of drying and chemical transformation.
-firing hours (10 - 40 hours)
, Fly Ash Brick - ANSWER - Made from fly-ash (industrial waste product), sand, and water.
- Formed by molded process
Modular brick size - ANSWER nominal dimension joint:
4" x 2 2/3" x 8"
Actual dimension with 3/8" joint thickness:
3 5/8" x 2 1/4" x 7 5/8"
special shaped bricks - ANSWER Used to form arches, water tables, and other forms and
features
solid brick - ANSWER Cored and Frogged
Brick Nomenclature - ANSWER Course, Bed joint, Head joint
Brick nomenclature - ANSWER wythe & collar joint
Dimensioning Brick - ANSWER - To the greatest extent possible, brick masonry wall
dimensions should conform to the brick module, minimizing the need to cut bricks or work
with very small pieces.
Brick Division - ANSWER Division 4
Stone and Brick - ANSWER strongest and most durable of pre-industrial building materials
Mortar - ANSWER - Cushions masonry units, ensuring uniform bearing
- Seals joints between the units, minimizing the flow of air and water
Ingredients of mortar - ANSWER - sand
- water
- concrete
Portland Cement- Lime Mortar - ANSWER Ingredients:
1. Portland cement
2. Aggregate
3. Hydrated lime
4. Water
25% - 30% - ANSWER percentage of wall made up by mortar
,lighter - ANSWER Mortar and concrete always dry _______________
Mortar mix - ANSWER •Sand provides the basic structural body of the hardened mortar.
•There is almost one cubic foot of sand in a cubic foot or mortar.
Type N Mortar minimum Avg Compressive Strength - ANSWER 750psi
Raw materials - ANSWER - Natural clays are excavated from the earth, ground up, and
screened to control particle size.
- Water is added to achieve a plastic consistency ready for molding into bricks.
Brick Forming: Molded - ANSWER - soft mud process
- dry press process
Brick Forming: Extruded - ANSWER - stiff mud process
(pushing material through a hole)
Brick Firing - ANSWER -formed bricks are dried and then kiln-fired.
- pass through varies stages of drying and chemical transformation.
-firing hours (10 - 40 hours)
, Fly Ash Brick - ANSWER - Made from fly-ash (industrial waste product), sand, and water.
- Formed by molded process
Modular brick size - ANSWER nominal dimension joint:
4" x 2 2/3" x 8"
Actual dimension with 3/8" joint thickness:
3 5/8" x 2 1/4" x 7 5/8"
special shaped bricks - ANSWER Used to form arches, water tables, and other forms and
features
solid brick - ANSWER Cored and Frogged
Brick Nomenclature - ANSWER Course, Bed joint, Head joint
Brick nomenclature - ANSWER wythe & collar joint
Dimensioning Brick - ANSWER - To the greatest extent possible, brick masonry wall
dimensions should conform to the brick module, minimizing the need to cut bricks or work
with very small pieces.
