NATURAL MOISTURE CONTENT TEST OF SOIL

Test
Location of Sample
Date of Test
No.
Test Point
No.

Wt, of Tin Wt. of Tin + Wet Wt. of Tin

(gm)
soil
+ Dry soil
W1
(gm) W2
gm W3

Loss of
water
(gm)
(W2-W3)

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20

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Wt. of Dry soil

(gm)
W3-W1

Moisture
content Tested By
(%)

Checked By
AE/SO

AEE

EE

NATURAL MOISTURE CONTENT TEST OF SOIL

Test
Location of Sample
Date of Test
No.
Test Point
No.

Wt, of Tin Wt. of Tin + Wet Wt. of Tin

(gm)
soil
+ Dry soil
W1
(gm) W2
gm W3

Loss of
water
(gm)
(W2-W3)

21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40

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Wt. of Dry soil

(gm)
W3-W1

Moisture
content Tested By
(%)

Checked By
AE/SO

AEE

EE

NATURAL MOISTURE CONTENT TEST OF SOIL

Test
Location of Sample
Date of Test
No.
Test Point
No.

Wt, of Tin Wt. of Tin + Wet Wt. of Tin

(gm)
soil
+ Dry soil
W1
(gm) W2
gm W3

Loss of
water
(gm)
(W2-W3)

41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60

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Wt. of Dry soil

(gm)
W3-W1

Moisture
content Tested By
(%)

Checked By
AE/SO

AEE

EE

IS SIEVES

Representa
tive of
PWD
(NEC)

40mm
25mm
20mm
10mm
4.75mm
2.36mm
1.18mm
600
425
75
IS SIEVES

Sample
Weight
taken
in gm
Dry Sieving

testingDate of

LocationSample

Sample No.

Wet Sieving

Dry Sieving

testingDate of

LocationSample

Sample No.

Sample
Weight
taken
in gm

DETERMINATION OF SAND CONTENT OF SOIL (SIEVE ANALYSIS)

Summary of Results
Wt. of
Percentage Cumulative %
Agent
sample
% Weight
Clay/Silt
Sand
Gavel
of Wt.
of weight
contracto
Retained
Passing
(-75
micron)
(-4.75
+75micron.)
(-40mm+4.75mm)
Retained
Retained
r
(gm)
%
%
%

Wt. of
sample
Retained
(gm)

Summary of Results
Percentage
of Wt.
Retained

Cumulative %
of weight
Retained

% Weight
Passing

40mm
25mm
20mm
10mm
4.75mm
2.36mm
1.18mm
600
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Agent
Clay/Silt
Sand
Gavel
contracto
(-75 micron) (-4.75 +75micron.) (-40mm+4.75mm) r
%
%
%

Representa
tive of
PWD
(NEC)

SievingWet

425
75

DETERMINATION OF THE FIELD DRY DENSITY OF SOIL BY CORE CUTTER:

Location
Chainage
Layer Type
Layer No.
Date o testing
1) Determination No.

2) Weight of the Empty cutter Wc in gms

3) Volume of core cutter Vc in gms
4) Weight of Core cutter + Wet soil Ws in gms
5) Weight of Wet soil in cutter (Ws-Wc) in
gms
6) Bulk Density b=(Ws-Wc) x Vc gm/cc
7) Moisture Content Container no.
8) Moisture content(W) Percent:
9) Dry Density, b =100b/(100+ W), gm/cc
10) Mean Value of b & W
10)Laboratory Dry Density gm/cc & O.M.C.%

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Remarks if any

TEST FOR DETERMINATION OF DRY DENSITY OF COMPACTED LAYER

(GRANULAR SUB-BASE)
Location
Date o testing
A) Calibration of Sand
i) Mean wt. of sand in Cone (of pouring Cyl- inder)(W2) in gm :
ii) Volume of calibrating Cylinder(V) in cc
iii) Weight of Sand (+cylinder) before pouring (W1) in gm :
iv) Mean Weight of Sand (+cylinder) after pouring (W3) in gm :
v) Weight of sand to fill calibrating cylinder.(Ws=W1-W3-W2) in gm :
vi) Bulk density of sand s = (Ws/V) gm/cc:
B) DETERMINATION OF GSB DENSITY:
1) Determination No.

2) Weight of wet Granular material from hole(Ww) in gm

3) Weight of Sand (+cylinder) before pouring (W1) in gm :
4)Weight of Sand (+cylinder) after pouring (W3) in gm
5) Weight of sand in hole, in gm. (Wb=W1-W4-W2)
6) Volume of sand In hole V = Wb/ s
7) Bulk Density b =(Ww/V) gm/cc
8) Moisture Content container No:
8) Moisture content(W) Percent:
9) Dry Density, d =100b/(100+ W), gm/cc
10) Mean Value of b & W
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10)Laboratory Dry Density gm/cc & O.M.C.%

Remarks if any

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