Table 1. Typical calculation of AFS grain fineness number. Size of sample: 50 g; AFS clay content: 5.9 g, or 11.8%; sand grains: 44.1 g, or USA sieve Sand retained on series No. each sieve, g 88.2%. Percentage of sand retained (A) Multiplier Product (AxB) 1. Grain size, Grain fineness no. (GFN) GFN= total product total sum of percentages collected in each savePERCENT RETAINED © i) £ e 6 g So a Fig 1 Typical Particle size distribution for greensand1 — Greensand — Greensand2 o B oA Mesh size (microns) SAND SIEVE DISTRIBUTION 50.00 45.00 40.00 36.00 30.00 26.00 + 20.00 16.00 10.00 + 6.00 + 0.00 + eo 4052121 75 Ex} Pan MICRONS,a N & T a7 & & bem e| CUMULATIVE 5 ee T PERCENT RETAINED ON SIEVES es fr 3 fs PR oN at y ;AND NO,L-* SAND NO. 2] 50 600 425 300 212 180 106 75 53 3 IS SIEVE DESIGNATIONS IN MICRONS Nore — Values along abscissa are plotted on log scale. 2. Moisture contents