What is the ratio of the building material that is named for the Latin word "crushed" and sand used to stabilize buildings?
Sandcrete Sandcrete is a yellow-white building material made from a binder (typically Portland cement), sand in a ratio of circa 1:8, and water. Sometimes other ingredients may be added to reduce the amount of expensive Portland cement such as pozzolanas and rice husk ash. Sandcrete is similar but weaker than mortar, for which the ratio is circa 1:5. "Soil cement" and "landcrete" are similar materials but use other types of soil and hydraform blocks which are compressed, stabilized, earth blocks.
Silo A silo (from the Greek σιρός – "siros", "pit for holding grain") is a structure for storing bulk materials. Silos are used in agriculture to store grain (see grain elevators) or fermented feed known as silage. Silos are more commonly used for bulk storage of grain, coal, cement, carbon black, woodchips, food products and sawdust. Three types of silos are in widespread use today: tower silos, bunker silos, and bag silos.