Data and Results

The data was gathered by following the procedure stated in ASTM C128.
Relative Density (Specific Gravity):
𝐴
𝑅𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝐷𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑦 (𝑆𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑐 𝐺𝑟𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑡𝑦)(𝑂𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝐷𝑟𝑦) =
(𝐵 + 𝑆 − 𝐶)
491𝑔
𝑅𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝐷𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑦 (𝑆𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑐 𝐺𝑟𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑡𝑦)(𝑂𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝐷𝑟𝑦) =
(672𝑔 + 500𝑔 − 985𝑔)
𝑅𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝐷𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑦 (𝑆𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑐 𝐺𝑟𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑡𝑦)(𝑂𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝐷𝑟𝑦) = 2.62567
Relative Density (Specific Gravity) (Saturated Surface-dry):
𝑆
𝑅𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝐷𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑦 (𝑆𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑐 𝐺𝑟𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑡𝑦)(𝑆𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑆𝑢𝑟𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑒 − 𝐷𝑟𝑦) =
(𝐵 + 𝑆 − 𝐶)
500𝑔
𝑅𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝐷𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑦 (𝑆𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑐 𝐺𝑟𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑡𝑦)(𝑆𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑆𝑢𝑟𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑒 − 𝐷𝑟𝑦) =
(672𝑔 + 500𝑔 − 985)
𝑅𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝐷𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑦 (𝑆𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑐 𝐺𝑟𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑡𝑦)(𝑆𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑆𝑢𝑟𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑒 − 𝐷𝑟𝑦) = 2.6738
Apparent Relative Density (Specific Gravity):
𝐴
𝐴𝑝𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑅𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝐷𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑦 (𝑆𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑐 𝐺𝑟𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑡𝑦) =
(𝐵 + 𝐴 − 𝐶)
491𝑔
𝐴𝑝𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑅𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝐷𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑦 (𝑆𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑐 𝐺𝑟𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑡𝑦) =
(672𝑔 + 491𝑔 − 985𝑔)
𝐴𝑝𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑅𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝐷𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑦 (𝑆𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑐 𝐺𝑟𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑡𝑦) = 2.75842
Absorption:
(𝑆 − 𝐴)
𝐴𝑏𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, % = ( ) (100)
𝐴
(𝑆 − 𝐴)
𝐴𝑏𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, % = ( ) (100)
𝐴
𝐴𝑏𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, % = 1.833