Mustafa, Abdul azis t, EXPERIMENT NO.

3 April 2020

Grain size analysis

GROUP NO. 4 RATING:

I. OBJECTIVE

To find the grain size distribution of a soil sample and identify whether the soil
is well graded or not.

II. APPARATUS AND MATERIALS

Set Of Sieves #200, 100, 50, 30, 20, 10, 140, 60, 40, 20
Balance
brush

III. PROCEDURE

A. Sieve Analysis
1. Weigh all sieves to be used up to 0.1 gram.

2. Select test sample and break soil into its

Individual particles with the fingers or a
rubber tipped pestle.

3. Weigh a specimen of approximately 500 grams.

4. Sieve the soil through a nest of sieves by hand

for the least 10 minutes

5. Weigh to 0.1 gram each sieve with the soil in it.

6. Subtract the weight obtained in step 1

From those of step 5 to give the soil
retained in each sieve.

cOMPUTATIONS
ILLUSTRATIONS

Analysis and interpretation:

Conclusions:

Recommendation: