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Re mass density Of
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he Specific aed
hodunal Soil -fell@ in re 4
265 +o 280.Speif= qed of Gold 2 an important
promote, Qe ia Used Pay delermination of
d notiO and povticle Siae.
Voi
Typical Valued of Sp.guedsg-
| Gnowvel ALOT — ACE
a. Sand —— AGS = A Gk
. sity Sand b AGE - TO
4G. {Be organic Clayp ——~ &: 68 - 280
5. Se —— 266 - 2°70
6. ovgen’e Soile — Variable may fa below
%00
Qh adaition to —the Glendayd tenn of-
Spesifre qrers at defined, -the -foniowing two
th the Specific povitglone
terme nelated wil
uped:
algo occasional
5g, Mass Speci Fe aor’ (Gen)
| a. Abeolute Speitic and CGa)
—Refew T- unit <—fic aoity dealer mination
he Specific quovié of Solid porticlea
ib delermined in —the labora tory cuing he
Foniowing method e:
t Deneitg bottle method.
a. Gat Jor
3. pyconomete™ ro
flagk method got
Spssi
method.
ethod
4. measavi
5, shvinkage limit ppethod. /
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te Dengiky Bottle method :-
(take a clean and a density
bottle and weign FE with
Stopper tet the Weignt be
wo. /
GV Take about $o- 209° of on
oven dvied Soil Sarople anto TE
and -fixed “the weignt of the
Soil with
bottle and —the ee
feb te be Wa. XN Me
dipdilled wetew So. thal the bottle te
emove “the entre pped ony by
to Veccum Sousce-
with distilled
toe te Clean,
and Tht Content 2s)
Stoppe ws
(iy Ada
pap Fell
Connecting it
(iv) pill othe bottle Complete!
pat cthe sdoppe and
wate No
bottle
Determine “the welgne of ~the@
® Empty “hr bottle ond clean te thoroughly
distilled water, per ~the Stoppe™
gill te with
and wipe Phe, bottle ony on uk bide. Pind
wee weigne wa
@ Repeak the Shepe y to F Of mare Sample
of the ae Soil and find the pecan
by anny below famalee
Ww,- WI
Kpeci ft woiky G* Wa 9
rite g q Gay - @s ed
wr = weight of empty dencity bottle with Stoppes
nt of borete with stoppe™ + ang Soil
t bottle with sloppe + Sol
+ wotew
was well
Wat Weigne © {+ welen
nt oF fottle with Stoppe™
Wa = we
a, Pyconomste™ rethod
tg-—~ oO |
pig method 1 Cimler to the denciky
| bottle method. As ne Capocit of the
lorqes about 200 ~- $O°
nequived fx the
be used f¥ all
pyconorme bem ib
of even - 4¥ Col te
! sept. The trethod Can
| Agpet ok soilé, bob Te Tore suitable fe
medica wained Soild, patin trove than 407% i
\ peseir a aomm rs Sieve ond Fv :
han 9O%
Coote grein Soil wrth move
pessing a *omm ts Steve,3. Measuring Flaek tethod 1 —
Blogk ig of asoml ()
CScomt) Capecttey. len a waduation mavk al
toe level, @E Te —fibed™ WER SP odop te
fv Connecting te to a Vveeeur line FS
nernoving enbapped ait. 1a similoy
A measari
This method
method: About
+o the density bortte
Fo to loo | of oven 4 Got ie Neawved
in tara, Cole: shia metpod it Suitable Fav
pained Soilb-
Fine eres and mediom @
be Gag jay Toethed i=
Qpy thie method » * re jor
of about | Le Capoci ¥
the jor ie fitted with
S jor
tb
uped.
a wubber beng she r
a paconomere™
Similos *O
Nn method -
Serve ob
Thip metvod uh
the — Pycone mekeCONSISTENCY LIMITS
ee nates Contente ab bie he
Stale to dhe Othen oe
Soil changed fsxom one
Atkesberg't Umibe”’
knawn ot Consittency Limite o%
bie have three tyP
limite: we4 are
» of Conpitteney
1. Liquid binit-
a. plapkic limit
3. shrinkeas lien it
th Ligsid Limit >
«
“she . tiguid lente te the wodew Content
awk which the Soil Change t guid tate
“to plete Slade. qd
At the. Kiquid tlobe, the Clo ib
yactically Like a Vavid, but poscessed a Srrall
‘shearing Strength. the figuid limit of Soil depended
upon dhe cley prinenal presenk ins the Geil.
Be biquid limit te defermined in
the laboratary eitnes 5 Capogrend'¢ apporedct
dv by. Cone ~ ened vat
ped in “the Cagognende medbod Consiote of
a breet cup which dropt ~trvough a heigne
of [em from tne herd bate.
torn methods -the devicer
: Procedure !— a
Cop of the Nguid bmit appovodae
and ‘
fF enockl
babe. d
'. Adjoe & cthe
with the help of qor"g tool aed
adjuetment pate do give a drop o
Lem on the point of Contock on
% Take about $20 qre of ain -dried
Somple passing yas B Sieve
pith quantity of distilled
3. mix ie tho hh
a 4 fs a unifam porte:
waben to
4: pleee a partion of the tle cre Cup,
Smooth the Sur foce witn & Jula toa
rinimen depth of tem prow qxoovl
too, through dhe Sarople along he .
rome tical onte of the cup: balding abe
ndicalar 4o the CoP:
bool Pe”P®
wate of
S. -porn the hendle at %
a sevola Hone pe
blow? con dill ‘two pete of the
Bomple Come tn Contace cr the boHom
of Vane qroy®
oil fn athe Cop
the neroaining
Seil Semple and
Ahonoughly aften odding a Small
tix
wete N.
amount OF—
7 Repeat cine Sept eS ond S. Obloin alk
feast “Five Sebe of reading in the nore
of '0 +o So blowe: ‘
Gornple,
Groove @- F
Epi-
eno |Amcuntof melon [owikoe | mor gan
added (nt) Gntewetn) No.of blows -
L ZT
2
3 RQ ¥
7 ah
plot a Shreignt line xoph between No. Of
blowt ond wate Contents Read the woaten
Content’ oF us blows, whieh tp othe Value
of liquid limit.
ew
We
ante
Coe
10
106
No.of blows (rs)
Cog” seele >| 4, plaekc limit .-
laptie lit 12 the weten Content
below which ~the Sot l Slope behaving a8 a
pleatic mate nial
(ev)
os ste motptore Content ak whieh soit bot
© Smallest fagticity ie Caued the loatic
Limit. P d P
Procedure t
\. rake about 30 4 of ain duied Somple posing
—Thowgh 4us 5 Oy Sieve -
~thovoug by wiin distilled waten on the glass
a mie
is pietic enogg® to be shaped
plete ontil
indo Creal Dall
3, Take abook lo gm of “he plestic Corl mass
and wot i between “the bead and the glass
info a a. if
e diame de % of thread becormes lesg “than 3m
kp, Shows that water te more hen
limit, hence tne Coil Te
ded forthe” and wolied into