Grain sieve analysis

soil taken 500gm

Weight of soil retained on 75micron sieve=363.5

Sieve size Weight of soil retained %weight or soil retained Cummulative weight
4.75 14.5 2.9 1.8
2.36 34.5 6.9 8.7
1.18 124.5 24.9 33.6
0.6 67.5 13.5 47.1
0.3 84.5 16.9 64
0.15 20 4 68
0.075 18 3.6 71.6
pan 136.5 27.3 98.9
500

120

100
%
f 80
i
n 60
e
n 40 Column L
e
r 20

0
0.01 0.1 1 10

Sieve size in mm
%finer
98.2
91.3
66.4
52.9
36
32
28.4
1.1