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equivalent sack — Oil & Gas Glossary

The weight of any cementitious material or blend based on the absolute volume of the cement. The term is normally used to define a sack of cement blend in which part of the cement has been replaced, on an absolute volume basis, by a pozzolanic material such as fly ash.

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