1. WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF HYDROMETER ANALYSIS?

ON WHICH PHYSICAL PRINCIPLES IS

HYDROMETER ANALYSIS IS FOUNDED?
The purpose of hydrometer analysis is to determine the particle-size distribution in a soil.
2. DOES HYDROMETER ANALYSIS DETERMINE THE SIZE OF SOIL PARTICLES EXACTLY?
3. WHY DO YOU CORRECT THE DISTANCE OF FALL OF PARTICLES DURING HYDROMETER ANALYSIS?
4. WHAT PHYSICAL QUANTITY IS READ ON THE STEM OF A 152H HYDROMETER? IN WHAT UNIT IS
THIS QUANTITY EXPRESSED?
5. WHAT CORRECTIONS ARE MADE ON THE HYDROMETER READING?
6. WHAT MODIFICATIONS WOULD BE REQUIRED IF ONE WANTED TO CARRY OUT A HYDROMETER
ANALYSIS IN A 200-ML CYLINDER INSTEAD OF A 100-ML CYLINDER?
7. DOES THE HYDROMETER GO UP OR DOWN DURING THE SEDIMENTATION OF SOIL PARTICLES?
8. WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE DISPERSING AGENT? DOES ITS USE REQUIRE A CORRECTION?
9. IS THERE A CORRECTION FOR THE SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF SOIL PARTICLES WHEN ONE USES A
152H HYDROMETER?
10. WHAT PHYSICAL QUANTITY DOES THE HYDROMETER MEASURE? AT WHAT LOCATION DOES IT
MEASURE?
11. WHY DO YOU MEASURE THE WATER TEMPERATURE DURING THE HYDROMETER ANALYSIS?
12. WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE HYDROMETER CALIBRATION? WHAT QUANTITIES DOES IT
RELATE?
13. WHY DOES THE MENISCUS CORRECTION ALWAYS HAVE THE SAME SIGN? WHAT IS THIS SIGN?
14. FOR WHAT REASON DO YOU AGITATE THE SUSPENSION AT THE BEGINNING OF THE
HYDROMETER TEST?
15. WHAT IS THE USUAL DURATION OF A HYDROMETER ANALYSIS? WHY DOES THE
SEDIMENTATION PART TAKE SO MUCH TIME?