NATIONAL HIGHWAYS AUTHORITY OF INDIA

4-Laning and Strengthening of Existing 2-Lane Road from Km 265.000 to 380.000

Dhule to Pimpalgaon Section of NH-3 in the State of Maharastra

Contractor : Soma Enterprise Limited Concessonaire : IRCON - SOMA Tollway Pvt. Ltd.
Sub. Contractor : MCCL / SAAVY / VNC Testing Laboratory : Malegaon

Doc. No. : Soma QCF EW 12

FREE SWELL INDEX Rev. No. : 01

IS:
Date of Rev. : 22.07.2005
2720(Part 40) 1977
Page No. : 1of 1

Package No : Date of sampling :

Source : Date of testing :

Location : Type of material :

Layer/Depth :

Description Test 1 Test 2 Average

Weight of the soil sample gms

The volume of soil specimen read from the

cc
graduated cylinder containing distilled water ( Vd )

The volume of soil specimen read from the

cc
graduated cylinder containing kerosene ( Vk )

( Vd - Vk )
Free Swell Index = x100 %
Vk

Specifed Limit : For Embankment and Subgrade is maximum 50%

Remarks:

Tested by Checked by

Sub Contractor IRCON / SOMA SPV Representative

Random sample checked by

IC Representative