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Calculate the percentage retained on sieve using the formula.

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Substitute 42 g for mass retained and 1,000 g for total sample mass.

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Here, is the cumulative percentage retained on sieve.

Substitute 0% for percentage retained on sieve and for percentage retained on No.4

sieve.

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Step 2 of 6

Calculate the percentage passing through sieve using the relation.

Here, is the percentage passing through sieve.

Substitute for .

Similarly, calculate the percentage of passing through other sieves and tabulate the calculated
values as shown in Table (1).

U.S. Size Percentage

Mass Percentage Cumulative percentage
Sieve Opening Passing
Retained (g) retained (%) Retained (%)
Size (mm) (%)

9.50 0 0 0 100

No.4 4.75 42 4.2 4.2 95.8

No.10 2.00 146 14.6 18.8 81.2

 No.40 0.425 458 45.8 64.6 35.4

No.100 0.150 218 21.8 86.4 13.6

No.200 0.075 73 7.3 93.7 6.3

Pan - 63 6.3 100 0

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Step 3 of 6

Draw the gradation curve for the soil sample using the data from Table (1) as shown in Figure (1).

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Step 4 of 6

Median size:

The size (diameter) of soil particles at which 50% of the soil by weight is finer than this size is
called as median size and is denoted by .

Take of soil sample as for 50% passing from Figure (1).

Hence, the median size of a soil sample is .

Effective size:

The size (diameter) of soil particles at which 10% of the soil by weight is finer than this size is
called effective size and is denoted by .

Take of soil sample as for 10% passing from Figure (1).

Hence, the effective size of a soil sample is .

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Step 5 of 6

Calculate the coefficient of uniformity of soil sample using the formula.

Here, is the coefficient of uniformity of soil sample, is the size of soil particles at which
60% of the soil by weight is finer than this size, and is the size of soil particles at which 10%
of the soil by weight is finer than this size.
From Figure (1), take the of soil sample passing 60% as 0.98 mm.

Substitute for and 0.12 mm for .

Hence, the coefficient of uniformity of the soil sample is .

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Step 6 of 6

Calculate the coefficient of curvature of soil sample using the formula.

Here, is the coefficient of curvature of soil sample and is the size of soil particles at which 30%
of the soil by weight is finer than this size.

From Figure (1), take the of soil sample passing 30% as 0.34 mm.

Substitute for , for , and 0.12 mm for .

Hence, the coefficient of curvature of the soil sample is .

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