Manual of Soil Laboratory Testing, Soil Classification and Compaction Testing

apparatus Atterberg limits balance beaker British Standard Buchner funnel burette calculated calibration carbonate CBR mould chloride clay cm³ colour compaction test compactive effort cone described in Section desiccator determined diameter Dietert distilled water dried dry mass dry soil equation evaporating dish filter paper flask gas jar given glass grading curve gravel groundwater hydrochloric acid hydrometer indicator laboratory layer liquid limit litre m₁ material maximum dry density Medium Coarse method Mg/m³ moisture content nearest obtained organic matter oven drying percentage passing pipette Place plastic limit plotted potassium thiocyanate Prepare pretreatment PROCEDURAL STAGES pycnometer rammer range reading removed Report results riffling rubber bung sand scale sedimentation test shown in Fig shrinkage limit silt silty silver nitrate sodium soil particles soil sample soils containing solution specific gravity specimen sulphate content surface suspension Table temperature tube vacuum vibrating hammer voids ratio volume washing Weigh