sieve number

1
2
3
4
5
6 pan

4
10
40
80
200

sieve size weight of soil retained(g)

4.75
20.84
2
90.89
0.425
170.32
0.18
191.36
0.075
11.95
0
16.51

%weight of soil retained

4.152474
18.11029
33.93711
38.12944
2.381097
3.2897

501.87
4.75
2.36
1.18
0.6
0.3
0.15
0.075
0.046947
0.033445
0.023823
0.016967
0.012168
0.00931
0.006909
0.004969
0.001075

94.4
89.4
72.1
59.9
41.3
36.7
32.3
22.79253
22.27451
21.7565
21.23849
20.20247
16.57638
12.43229
10.87825
5.18012

120

100

80

60

Gravel
Coarse Sand
40 Sand
Medium
Fine Sand
Silt 20
clay
0
0.01

100
90
80
70

% finer

s.no.

60
50
40
30
20
10
0

x axis

0 size
grain
0.001

from the data obtained from L.L and P.L test and the adove gra
more than 12% weight of soil pass through 75 micron sieve an

cummulative % of soil retained

4.152474
22.26276
56.19987
94.32931
96.71041
100.0001

% weight of soil passing

95.84753
77.73724
43.80013
5.67069
3.289593
-0.00011

particle size distribution

0.199255

particle size distribution

5.6
8.4
36
18
24
8
100
0.1

10

in mm.

0.01

0.1

sieve size in mm

nd P.L test and the adove graph

s through 75 micron sieve and the point on plasticity chart lies above A line and hatched zone,so the soil is SC

particle size distribution

Series1

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