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Hdinn: Standard
Hdinn: Standard
hdinn Standard
OF TEST FOR SOILS
METHODS
PART
III
Section
DETERMINATION
2
Fine, Medium
(
OF SPEClFlC
and Coarse
UDC
MANAK
Gt 2
Grained
Soils
First Revision )
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BUREAU
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624.131.431.5
INDIAN
STANDARDS
9 BAHADUR
SHAH
NEW DELHI 110002
ZAFAR
MARC3
Indian Standard
METHODS
PART
III
Section
MTERM!NATION
2
~~ ~_
Soil Engineering
Fine, Medium
OF SPEClFlC
and Coarse
Grained
Soils
Revision )
( I%st
~~~
and Rock Mechanics
Sectional
Committee,
BDC 23
Representing
Chairman
DK JAOD~RIINAI~~IN
GRAVITY
University
of Roorkec,
Roorkrc
Irrigation Department,
Government
of Bihar, Patna
ADVITIONAL DIRECTOI~,IRI
ADIXTIONM. DIRECTOR RE~~AI:~H Ministry of Railways
IPE).RDSO
Dx&*rv DlRIfCTvZ R~SEARCII
DIc. Ar~~Nfy
), RDSO ( Alfcrnof~ )
University
of .Jodhpur, Jodhpur
Engineer-in-Chiefs
Branch, Army Headquarters
COI. ALTAR SIXGH
LT-COL V. K. KANIT~A~ ( Alternate )
Ccmindia
Co Ltd, Bombay
DIG \. BANICRJEE
SHRI S. GUPTA ( Alternate )
Central
Building
Research
Institute
( CSIR ,.
).
DnR.K.
BEAN~AHI
Roorkee
Irrigation
Department,
Government
of Punjab,
&I :EF ENGINEER ( B & R )
Chandigarh
Du G. S. DHILLOS ( Alternafs )
The Concrete Association
of India, Bombay
S~rrrrM.C. DANDAVATE
SHRI N. C. DUG~UL ( AItsrnarc )
personal
SBRI A. G. DASTIDAK
In
capacity
( 5 Hungerford
S&at,
12/l Hungerford Court Calcutta - 700017 )
Indian Gcotcchnical
Society, New Delhi
DR G. S. DHILLON
Irrigation
Department,
Government
of
DIBE~TOR, IRI
Uttar Pradesh, Roorkee
AsiaBfzb;lations
and
Construction
( P ) Ltd,
SHXI A. H. DIVANJI
1981
BUREAU
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IijDiAN
STANDARDS
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is protected under the Indian Copyright Act ( XIV of 1957 ) and
reproduction
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publisher shall be deemed to be an infringement
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under the said Act.
2 ) - 1980
Members
( SMKD
) ( Allmale
Department,
Public
Works
Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow
SHRI~S. D. VIDYARTRI
DR B. L. DKAWAN ( Altern&
SHRI G. RA-MAN,
Director ( Civ Engg )
Government
of
SHRI K. M. MATHUR
Deputy Director ( Civ Engg
Soil Testing
Procedures
and Equipment
), BIS
Subcommittee,
BDC 23 : 3
Conucncr
DR ALAU SINGH
University
of Jodhpur, Jodhpur
Members
Central
Building
Research
Institute
( CSIR),
Roorkee
Engineer-in-chiefs
Branch, Army Headquarters
COL AVTAR SINOH
LT-COL V. K. KAINTKAR ( Alfernote )
DEPUTY DIRECTOR RESEARCH Ministry of Railways
I FE-II 1. RDSO
Dttpo&
DIRECTOR RESEARCH
( SM-III ), RDSO ( Altcrna#e )
Central Water Commission, New Delhi
DIRECTOF i CSMRS )
DEPUTY DIRECTOR
( CSMRS
) ( Alternate )
University of Roorkee, Roorkce
DR GOPAL RAXJAN
DR S.-C. HANDA ( Akcrnata )
SERI AVAR SIN~H
( Continued on pags
8)
Indian Standard
METHODS
PART
Section
III
OF TEST
DETERMINATION
2
Fine,
Medium
FOR SOILS
OF SPEClFlC
and
Coarse
GRAVITY
Grained
Soils
( First Revision)
0.
FOKEWOKD
this
off,
1. SCOPE
1.1 This standard
( Part III/Set
2 ) lays down the method of test for the
determination
of the specific gravity of soil particle of fine, medium and
*Rules
for rounding
off numerical
values
( mired
) .*
more than
such stones
2. TERMINOLOGY
2.0 For the purpose
of this standard,
the following
definition
shall apply.
2.1 Specific Gravity (G) - The ratio of the weight in air of a given
volume of soil solids at a stated temperature
to the weight in air of an
equal volume of distilled water at that temperature.
3. APPARATUS
3.1 The f&owing
apparatus
is required:
fitted
b)
A ground-glass
( see Fig. 1 );
c>A mechanical
end-over-end,
4
4
A balance
plate
or a plastic
with
a rubber
shaking apparatus
capable of rotating
at about 50 rev/min ( see Note 2 );
readable
and accurate
A thermometer
to cover the
readable
and accurate to 1C.
bung
( see
to O-2 g; and
temperature
range
0C to 5OC,
4. PROCEDURE
4.1 A sample weighing
200 g in the case of fine-grained
soil and 400 g
in the case of medium
and coarse-grained
soils, shall be obtained
in
accordance
with the procedure
for the preparation
of disturbed
soil
samples for testing. This sample shall have been oven dried ( see Note 3 )
and then stored in an airtight container
until required.
4.2 The gas jar and ground glass plate/plastic
and weighed to the nearest O-2 g ( ml ).
slip
cover
shall
be dried
4.3 Approximately
200 g of fine-grained
soil or 400 g of medium
or
coarse-grained
soil shall be introduced
into the gas jar directly from the
container
in which it has been cooled.
The g& jar, ground-glass
plate/
plastic slip cover and contents shall be weighed to the nearest 02. g (ma).
4.4 Approximately
500 ml of water at a temperature
within f 2% of
the average
room temperature
during
the test ( see Note 4 ) shall be
added to the soil.
The rubber
stopper shall then be inserted
into the
gas jar and in the case of medium
and coarse-gained
soils the gas jar
At the end of this
and contents shall be set aside for at least 4 hours.
4
IS:2720(PartIII/Scc
2). 1980
period, or immediately after the addition of water in the case of finegrained soils, the gas jar shall be shaken by hand until the particles .Lre
in suspension and then placed in the shaking apparatus and shaken for
a period of 20 to 30 minutes.
1B RUBBER
STOPPER
1A GAS
JAR
tC
GLASS
PLATE
from
- ml
C=(m,-m~;-(m3-mi&jwhere
ml = the mass bf gas jar and ground glass plate;
m2 = the mass of gas jar, plate and sail;
ms = the mass of gas jar,
Relative
Relative
and
2 ) - 1980
OF RESULTS
shall be reported
to the
6.2 Three determinations of the specific gravity of the same soil sample
shall be made. The average of the values obtained shall be taken as the
specific gravity of the soil particles and shall be reported to the nearest
0.01.
If the results differ by more than 0.03 from the average value,
the tests shall be repeated.
NOTE 1 - A gas jar ha: been found to make a very effective pycnometcr but any
container of similar capacity can be usrd provided that it can be shaken in a
mechanical shaking apparatus, vd provided that the mouth can be scaled in such a
way that its volume is constant.
NOTE 2 - An end-over-end shaker has been specified but shaking machines giving
a vibrating motion would also be suitable.
The choice of shaking machine depends
on the type of pycnometcr uacd.
If there is
NOTE 3 - Oven drying of the sotI has been spcdified for convenience.
any reason to believe that this will change the specific gravity due to loss of water of
hydration, the soil should be dried at not more than 80%.
This fact should be
reported.
NOTE 4 - If there is a large difference the air temperature sufficient water should
be drawn for the required number of tests and allowed to stand in the room in
which the tests are being done until the temperature is within the given range.
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