Determination No 1 2

Can Number PM-4 PM-5

Can Weight W1 12.3 11.7
Weight of Can + Moist Soil, W2(g) 56.5 69.2
Weight of Can + Dry Soil, W3 (g) 54.6 66.2
Dry Soil Weight 42.3 54.5
Weight Of Water 1.9 3

Moisture Content, w(%) 4.4917257683 5.504587156

Calculation:
Formula for Moisture
Content

w= (weight of
Water/ Weight of
Soil) x 100

Result:
Moisture content of given soil (W1+W2+W3)/3 11.24%
sample
 3

PL-3
11.8
48.3
41.3
29.5
7

23.7288135593
Sieve No Sieve Openining (mm) Seive Weight (g) Retaining weight + Sample (g)
4 4.75 369 593
10 2 357 464
30 0.6 331 394
40 0.425 350 363
50 0.355 350 369
100 0.15 323 372
200 0.075 328 350
Pan 289 290

Grain size distribution

60

50
percent fner %

40

30

20

10

0
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5
Seive opening
 Retaining Weight Percent of weight retained on each sieve Percent Finer (%)
224 44.8 55.2
107 21.4 33.8
63 12.6 21.2
13 2.6 18.6
19 3.8 14.8
49 9.8 5
22 4.4 0.6
1 0.2 0.4

4.5 5
 Determination No 1 2 3
Can No A-1 A-2 A-3
Weight of Can + Moist Soil (g) 70 74 55.5
Weight of Can + Dry Soil (g) 63 65 50.5
Weight of Can (g) 12.07 12.1 11.8
Moiture Content w (%) 13.744355 17.013233 12.919897
No of Blows 8 14 37

Liquid Limit Curve

18
16
Moisture Content w (%)

14 8 13.744355
12 14 17.013233
10
8 37 12.919897
6
4
2
0
5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40
No of Blows
35 40
Determination No 1 2 3
Can No A-1 A-2 A-3
Weight of Can + Moist Soil (g) 9.4 9.1 6.5
Weight of Can + Dry Soil (g) 9.1 8.88 6.3
Weight of Can (g) 6.5 7.5 5.3
Moiture Content w (%) 11.53846154 15.9420289855 20
Liquid Limit(%) 46 46 46
Plastic Limit (%) 20 20 20
Plasticity Index (%) 26 26 26
 Test No 1 2 3

Relative Density bottle No

Mass of RD bottle flled with distilled de-aired water, M1 (g) 665 365

Mass of RD bottle containing soil water misture, M2 (g) 719.3 384

Mass of dry soil, M3 (g) 100 100
Temperature of test T1 C 22 C 22 C
Gs=k*M3/(M3-(M2-M1) 2.1881838 1.2345679