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    This document provides a table listing U.S. standard sieve sizes and their corresponding opening sizes in millimeters. It also outlines the steps to perform a mechanical analysis of soil which includes determining the total mass of the soil sample, then determining the cumulative mass retained above each sieve size to classify the particle size distribution.

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    This document provides a table listing U.S. standard sieve sizes and their corresponding opening sizes in millimeters. It also outlines the steps to perform a mechanical analysis of soil which includes determining the total mass of the soil sample, then determining the cumulative mass retained above each sieve size to classify the particle size distribution.

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    12 Mechanical Analysis of Soil 25

    Table 2.3 U.S. standard sieve sizes

    Sieve no. Opening (mm)

    4 4.750
    6 3.350
    8 2.360
    10 2.000
    16 1.180
    20 0.850
    30 0.600
    40 0.425
    50 0.300
    60 0.250
    80 0.180
    100 0.150
    140 0.106
    170 0.088
    200 0.075
    270 0.053

    2. Determine the total mass of the soil: M1  M2  . . .  Mi  . . .  Mn 


    Mp  M.
    3. Determine the cumulative mass of soil retained above each sieve. For the ith
    sieve, it is M1  M2  . . .  Mi (Figure 2.11c).

    Figure 2.10
    A set of sieves
    for a test in the
    laboratory
    (Courtesy of
    Braja Das)

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