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Calibration of Speedy Moisture Meter
Calibration of Speedy Moisture Meter
Calibration of Speedy Moisture Meter
CALIBRATON OF
SPEEDY MOISTURE
METER.
Murtaza Abbas
2007-CIVIL-140
SECTION-D
9/9/2009
Apparatus:
1. Speedy moisture meter.
2. Two steel balls.
3. Pans.
4. Electronic balance.
Procedure:
1- Weigh 200g of soil with an electronic balance.
2- Add water in soil equal to 5% of weight of soil.
3- Mix the water until a uniform mixture is attained.
4- Place this soil in oven to note the dry weight of soil, so that we can
carry out the process of calculating moisture content ‘w’ of soil.
5- Weigh 26g of the wet soil with the speedy moisture meter balance and
put it in the speedy moisture meter.
6- Check Zero error on the moisture meter.
7- Now, add 2 scoops of calcium carbide in the speedy moisture meter
and follow it with the placing of steel balls (pulverize) inside the
moisture meter.
8- Put the cap back on the moisture meter so that none of acetylene gas
escapes.
9- Start shaking and rotating the moisture meter simultaneously. As a
result the dial under the meter will start moving.
10-Note the value when the dial stops moving. This is wsp expressed as a
percentage.
11-Repeat the same process with further addition of water (8%, 11%,
14%,17%, 20% )
Table 1.1
COMMENTS:
Serial # 1 2 3 4 5 6
Moisture 5 8 11 14 17 20
Content w’
%
Can No. 48 59 97 42 50 92
Wt. of can
W2 (gm)
REMEDIAL MEASURES:
UNDERSTANDING: