NATURAL MOISTURE CONTENT

Test No 1 2
Mass of can with lid (W1) 20.60 25.88
Mass of can with lid + wet soil (W2) 67.54 83.28
Mass of can with lid + dry soil (W3) 57.29 70.58
Mass of water, Ww= W2 - W3 10.25 12.70
Mass of dry soil, Ws = W3 - W1 36.69 44.70
Moisture content, w = (Ww/Ws) x 100% 27.94 28.41

Result
Average Natural Moisture Content (w) 28.16 %
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51.61
98.08
87.88
10.20
36.27
28.12
 SPECIFIC GRAVITY
Test No 1 2
Mass of pycnometer, W1 (g) 31.91 34.82
Mass of pycnometer + dry soil, W2 (g) 51.93 54.89
Mass of pycnometer + soil + water, W3 (g) 94.05 95.87
Mass of pycnometer + water, W4 (g) 82.54 84.46
Specific gravity of soil, 2.35 2.32
Gs = (W2-W1)/((W2-W1)-(W3-W4))

Result
Average gravity of soil (G) 2.34
 LIQUID LIMIT
Determination Number 1 2 3
Weight of container (W1) 10.05 19.42 13.99
Weight of container + wet soil (W2) 30.73 44.74 40.90
Weight of container + dry soil (W3) 26.94 39.97 35.91
Weight of water Ww = W2 - W3 3.79 4.77 4.99
Weight of dry soil, Ws = W3 - W1 16.89 20.55 21.92
Moisture content (%), w = (Ww/Ws) x 100% 22.44 23.21 22.76
No. of blows (N) 28.00 22.00 25.00

x y
25 22.789627478
 Flow Curve
23.40

23.21
23.20
f(x) = -3.2089387604 l n(x) + 33.1188573744

23.00

22.76
Water Content

22.80

22.60
22.44
22.40

22.20

22.00
10.00 100.00

No. of Blows (N)

100.00
 PLASTIC LIMIT
Test No 1 2
Mass of can (g) 20.06 6.26
Mass of can + wet soil, (g) 21.69 8.76
Mass of can + dry soil, (g) 21.36 8.29
Mass of water (g) 0.33 0.47
Mass of dry soil (g) 1.30 2.03
Water content (%) 25.38 23.15

Plastic Limit = 24.27 %