Name: Keiffer L.

Dasmarinas Group No: 5

Schedule: Wednesday 8:30-11:30 Date Submitted: July 22, 2014


Exercise No. 9
Bulking of Sand

I. Objective

To determine the effect of moisture of sand

II. Results and Discussion

Weight of Sand
+ Water +
Beaker, (g)
Weight of
Beaker, (g)
Weight of Sand
+ Water, (g)
Percent Dry
Weight, (%)
Dry 1291.4 211.6 1079.8 100.0
With 2% water 1172.5 211.6 960.90 88.99
With 4% water 1061.2 211.6 849.60 78.68
With 6% water 1051.0 211.6 839.40 77.74
With 8% water 1040.0 211.6 828.40 76.72
With 10%
water
1055.5 211.6 843.90 78.15

Based from our results, the weight of the sand decreases as we put more water into
it. When we put water into the sand and mix, the moist sand occupied the beaker
more than it was when we filled in the dry sand in the beaker. There was an excess
that was scraped off the beaker after we put the moist sand in the beaker. This
always happened after we put water (2%-10%), mix, and fill it in the beaker.

Sand was scraped off


Graph based from the results.

III. Conclusion

As the moisture content of a fixed weight of sand increases, the volume also
Increases up to a point. The more the moisture content of the sand, the more the
sand fill in the voids. The more the moist the sand is, the more it occupies the space
that was not occupied when it was dry, since there were remaining excess as we put
more water into the sand. Films of water pushing the individual sand particles apart
cause the volume increase. The extent of bulking depends on the moisture content
of the sand and on the sand's fineness.
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