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LIQUID LIMIT TEST

PREPARE AT PREPARE 3 MOISTURE TIN

LEAST 250G OF CANS AND WEIGH EACH
SOIL SAMPLE
PASSING
THROUGH SIEVE
NO. 40

PLACE AN AMOUNT OF MIX THE

PREPARE 3 DIFFERENT SOLUTION TO THE PREPARED
CONSISTENCIES OF SOIL LIQUID LIMIT SAMPLE WITH
BASED ON THE NUMBER OF DEVICE.SMOOTH THE SMALL AMOUNT
BLOWS IN THE LIQUID LIMIT PAT SURFACE.USING OF RAINWATER
DEVICE 25-30 ,20-30 AND 15-25 GROOVING TOOL,CUT A
BLOWS. THIS IS DONE BY GROOVE AT THE MIDDLE
CAREFULLY ADDING
RAINWATER TO THE OIL

ADD ADDITIONAL
RAINWATER TO TEST
THE REMAINING DRAW THE FLOW CURVE
CONSISTENCIES OF WHEREIN THE DATA IS
SOIL THEN REPEAT RECORDED WITH THE
PRCOCEDURE 6. WATER CONTENT IN THE
MIX THE SOIL SAMPLE UNTIL X-AXIS AND THE NUMBER
CONSISTENCY WOULD OF BLOWS IN THE Y-
REQUIRE 25 – 35 BLOWS TO AXIS.THE WATER
CLOSE THE GROOVE FOR CONTENT THAT WOULD
ABOUT 12.5 mm. TAKE SOME REQUIRE 15 BLOWS TO
SOIL SAMPLE NEAR THE CLOSE THE GROOVE IS
GROOVE AND DETERMINE THE LIQUID LIMIT OF THE
MOISTURE CONTENT BY OVEN END SAMPLE
DRYING IT.
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SHRINKAGE LIMIT TEST

WEIGH THE
SHRINKAGE FILL THE SHRINKAGE DISH DETERMINE THE
DISH LABEL WITH WATER AND WEIGH VOLUME(V) BY
IT AS (WSD) AGAIN (WSD + WATER) GETTING THE
DIFFERENCE OF
(WSD+WATER) AND
WSD AND DIVIDE IT BY
GREASE THE INSIDE
THE UNIT WEIGHT OF
PLACE A SMALL PORTION OF SURFACE OF THE
WATER.
THE SOIL PAT AND CAREFULLY SHRINKAGE DISH.
TAP THE DISH TO ALLOWTHE
SOIL PAT TO FLOW AT THE
EDGES.
STRIKE OF THE RECORD THE MASS
EXCESS SOIL USING OF THE SOIL AND
A STRAIGHT EDGE. DISH

REPEAT AGAIN UNTIL

THE WHOLE
SHRINKAGE DISH IS
FILLED
ALLOW THE SOIL TO
OVEN DRY THE DRY INTO THE AIR
SAMPLE TO THE UNTIL ITS COLOR
OVEN KEPT AT 105 TURNS FROM DARK
RECORD THE MASS CELSIUS. TO LIGHT
OF SOIL AND
SHRINKAGE DISH.

DET. THE MASS OF

DETERMINE ITS IMMERSED THE SOIL
THE SOIL WITH WAX
MOISTURE CONTENT IN MOLTEN WAX AND
AND THE MASS OF END
ALLOW THE WAX
SECURELY TIE THE THE WAX.DET THE
COATING TO COOL.
SOIL IN A SEWING VOLUME BY DIVIDING
THREAD. THE MASS WITH THE
UNIT WEIGHT OF THE
WAX
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WATER CONTENT DETERMINATION

PREPARE AND ALIQUOT APPROXIMATELY 50

WEIGH 3 TIN g OF MOIST SOIL INTO EACH
CANS FOR TIN CANS AND REWEIGH
DIFFERENT ,EACH ,THE MOIST SOIL OF
TRIALS. THE SAMPLE IS KNOWN .

DRY THE SOIL OVERNIGHT

AT 105 CELSIUS IN THE
OVEN .
REMOVE THE DISHES
REWEIGH THE FROM THE OVEN AND
DISHES PLUS THE ALLOW THEM TO COOL.
OVEN DRY SOIL.

NOW THE WEGHT

OF THE DRY SOIL IS
KNOWN TIN CUP MOIST TIN CUP DRY SOIL
MINUS TIN CUP DRY MINUS TIN CUP
SOIL EQUALS EQUALS WEIGHT OF
WEIGHT OF WATER DRY SOIL

REPEAT WEIGHT OF WATER /

END PROCEDURE UNTIL WEIGHT OF DRY
3 TRIALS ARE SOIL EQUALS
OBTAINED MOISTURE
CONTENT
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PLASTIC LIMIT TEST

PREPARE THE GET A PORTION OF WET SOIL

SOIL SAMPLE AND ROLL IT ABOUT YOUR
AND SPRAY PALM IN A GROUND GLASS
WATER TO IT PLATE UNTIL THE CROSS
JUST TO MAKE SECTION GETS A 3.3 mm
IT WET DIAMETER

REPEAT THE PROCEDURE THOSE PART OF SOIL

UNTIL ALL PORTION OF THAT BREAK APART WILL
WEIGH ALL THE PUT IN A TIN CAN.
THE SOIL TAKE ON THE
SOIL FORMED AND
PROCESS
PUT IT IN DRYING
OVEN.

AFTER LESS THAN

END
AN HOUR TAKE THE
SOIL ON THE
DRYING OVEN AND
WEIGH AGAIN
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COMPACTION
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UNIT WEIGHT DETERMINATION

WEIGH 50 g OF PREPARE PARAFFIN WAX

SOIL SAMPLE AND SET UP ALCOHOL LAMP
AND MIX IT , TRIPOD AND WIRE GAUZE
WITH TO LIQUIFY A PORTION .
PREPARED
RAIN WATER
d
USING THE MIXTURE OF
SOIL AND RAINWATER
WEIGH IT AFTER FORMING
FORM A CYLINDRICAL
THE SHAPE AND COVER IT
h SHAPE HAVING 1.5 INCHES
WITH LIQUIFY PARAFFIN
DIAMETER AND 3 INCHES
WAX AND WEIGH AGAIN
HEIGHT.

COMPUTE FOR THE PREPARE A GRADUATED

VOLUME OF PARAFFIN BY CYLINDER AND FILL UP SUBMERGED THE
DIVIDING THE WEIGHT OF WITH WATER TO ITS HALF. FORMED SHAPED
THE PARAFFIN (kg) SOIL COVERED
OBTAINED TOTHE WITH PARAFFIN IN
SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF THE GRADUATED
PARAFFIN WHICH IS 0.9 CYLINDER AND
AND THE DENSITY OF RECORD THE INITIAL VOLUME READ THE FINAL
WATER WHICH IS 1000 VOLUME
NOTE: FILL UP THE
GRADUATED CYLINDER WITH
WATER THAT WHEN THE AN
END OBJECT SUBMERGED THE
VOLUME DISPLACED IS
READABLE. FINAL VOLUME
MINUS INITIAL
WT. OF SOIL / VOLUME EQUALS
VOL. OF SOIL = VOLUME OF
VOLUME OF SOIL SAMPLE =
WATERDISPLACED.
WET DENSITY OF VOLUME OF WATER DISPLACED
SOIL – VOLUME OF PARAFFIN