Sieve and Hydrometer Results of Dry Bin Crosby Till

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90
Percent Finer

80
Sieve Analysis
Hydrometer Results
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10.00 1.00 0.10 0.01 0.00
Particle Size (mm)
Name AP Sample Crosby Till Dry Bin
Date 6/4/2003 Test Hydrometer

Total mass (g) 1217.1

Mass passing #10 (g) 1189.4
% finer than #10 98 =2.00 mm

Hygroscopic Moisture Correction Factor

Tare # 5 Mass dispersed (g) 110.3
Tare mass (g) 1.2 Oven dry mass used (g) 108.6 =WH
Tare + wet soil (g) 33.2
Tare + dry soil (g) 32.7
Correction Factor 0.98
w (%) 1.59

Composite Correction for 152H Hydrometer

Reading at room temp 4

Gs 2.65 assumed for now

a 1.00
W 111.1

Hydrometer Readings
Elapsed Time (min), T Reading Temp C R % Finer dia (mm) K L
2 39 23 35 32 0.0303 0.01317 10.6
5 32 22 28 25 0.0204 0.01332 11.7
15 22 21 18 16 0.0127 0.01348 13.3
30 18 21 14 13 0.0092 0.01348 14.0
60 15 22 11 10 0.0065 0.01332 14.5
250 12 21 8 7 0.0033 0.01348 15.0
1440 10 21 6 5 0.0014 0.01348 15.3

Washed Sieving
Sieve Size Diameter (mm) Mass Retained (g) Mass Passing (g) % Finer
#20 0.841 7.2 101.4 91
#40 0.425 14.2 87.2 78
#60 0.250 11.6 75.6 68
#100 0.150 7.4 68.2 61
#200 0.075 6.6 61.6 55

Sieve #4 #10 #20 #40 #60 #100 #200

Diameter (mm) 4.75 2.00 0.841 0.425 0.250 0.150 0.075
% finer 100 98 91 78 68 61 55

Diameter (mm) 0.0260 0.0175 0.0109 0.0081 0.0059 0.0030 0.0013

% finer 32 25 16 13 10 7 5