Manual of Soil Laboratory Testing, Soil Classification and Compaction Tests

20 mm sieve acid air voids aperture apparatus ASTM Atterberg limits balance beaker British Standard burette calculated calibration carbon Casagrande Check chloride clay cm³ compaction test cone cylinder density bottle described in Section desiccator determination diameter distilled water dry density dry mass dry soil equation evaporating dish filter flask gas jar glass grading curve gravel hydrochloric acid hydrometer indicator laboratory limit test liquid limit litre m₁ mass of soil mass passing mass retained maximum measured mercury method Mg/m³ moisture content nearest nitrate oven drying particle density PERCENTAGE PASSING pipette Place plastic limit plasticity index plotted Prepare pretreatment PROCEDURAL STAGES rammer reading referred removed riffling rubber bung sand shown in Fig shrinkage limit silt silver nitrate sodium sodium hydroxide soil sample soils containing solution sulphate surface Table temperature test specimen tube V₁ vacuum vibrating hammer voids ratio volume washing Weigh µm sieve