SOIL test

1. Bulk density – Weighing balance

2. Natural moisture content – Air tight Container, Oven, Desiccator
3. Sieve analysis – Sieve sets (Coarse and fine), weighing balance of sensitivity 0.1% of
sample taken, rubber brush.
4. Hydrometer analysis – 250ml glass beaker, sodium hexametaphosphate, dispersion
cup, stirring apparatus, Glass measuring cylinder (jar), 1000ml, hydrometer, 75 µ
Sieve, sodium carbonate, Hydrogen peroxide, stop watch, rubber cover, scale.
5. Specific gravity – Pyknometer bottles with stopper, balance readable and accurate to
0.001g. Distilled water, filler, heater.
6. Liquid limit and Plastic limit – Liquid limit device (Casagrende) grooving tool,
Spatula, Air tight Container, surface for rolling, 3mm dia rod.
7. Triaxial shear test – Proving ring 1000kg/cm2, dial gauge of LC 0.01mm, Spilt
mould, Spatula, metal scale, Non-Corrodible Metal or plastic End Caps, Seamless
Rubber Membrane, membrane stretcher, airtight container, porous stones, rubber
rings, triaxial cell, Triaxial testing unit with vacuum chamber, soil lathe, wax or oil.
8. Direct shear - Loading frame, proving ring, dial gauge, shear box, sample frame,
tamping rod, Metal weights 05,1 and 1.5.
9. Consolidation test – Consolidation cell, Consolidation ring, porous stones, filter
paper, dial gauge, loading device, straight edge, metal weights.
 Rock test
1)DETERMINATION OF THE WATER CONTENT OF A ROCK SAMPLE
Apparatus -
1)An oven
2)Sample container
3)Desiccator
4)Balance
2) POROSITY AND DENSITY DETERMINATION USING SATURATION AND
CALIPER TECHNIQUES
Apparatus-
1)An oven
2) Desiccator.
3)A measuring instrument such as vernier or micrometer caliper.
4)Vacuum saturation equipment.
5)A sample container
6)Balance.
3) POROSITY AND DENSITY DETERMINATION USING SATURATION AND
BUOYANCY TECHNIQUES
1)An oven.
2)A sample container of.
3) Desiccator
4)A vacuum vessel
5)Balance
6)An immersion bath and a wire basket or perforated container.
4) POROSITY AND DENSITY DETERMINATION USING MERCURY
DISPLACEMENT AND GRAIN SPECIFIC GRAVITY TECHNIQUES
1)An oven.
2)Specimen containers
3) Desiccator
4) Balance
5) A mercury-displacement volume measuring apparatus.
6) Grinding equipment
7) A calibrated volumetric flask and stopper
8) A constant temperature water bath.
9) A vacuum apparatus
10) A soft brush
5)METHOD OF TEST FOR DETERMINATION OF TRUE SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF
NATURAL BUILDING STONES
1) Analytical Balance and Weight
2) Specific Gravity Bottle
3) Thermometer
4) Drying oven
5) Weighing Bottle and Desiccator
6) METHOD OF TEST FOR DETERMINATION OF WATER ABSORPTION, /
APPARENT SPECIFIC GRAVITY AND POROSITY OF NATURAL BUILDING
STONES.
1) Cylindrical Measuring Glass Jars
2) Glass Vessel
3) Balance
4) Desiccator
5) Oven
7) Method for the determination of unconfined compressive strength of rock materials

1) Loading machine
2) Discs made of steel.
8) METHOD FOR DETERMINATION OF POINT LOAD STRENGTH INDEX OF
ROCKS
1) Loading Frame
2) Hydraulic Jack and Accessories
3) Pressure Gauges
4) Distance Measuring System
5) Loading Platens
9) METHOD FOR DETERMINATION OF MODULUS OF ELASTICITY AND
POISSON’S RATIO OF ROCK MATERIALS
1) Loading machine
2) Discs made of steel
3) spherical seat
4) electrical resistance strain gauges, compressometers.

Chemical tests on soil

1. pH – pH meter, buffer solution, beaker, electrode.
2. Chloride – Burette, conical flask, pipette, silver nitrate, ammonium thiocynate, potassium
chromate.
3. Sulphate – Beaker, funnel, filter paper no.42, barium chloride, HCl, furnace.
4. Organic matter – Conical flask, potassium dichromate, sulphuric asid, measuring
cylinder, hot plate, orthophosphoric acid, sodium diphynylamine sulphate, ferrous
sulphate.

Chemical tests on water

1. pH – pH meter, buffer solution, beaker, electrode.
2. Chloride – Burette, conical flask, pipette, silver nitrate, ammonium thiocynate, potassium
chromate.
3. Sulphate – Beaker, funnel, filter paper no.42, barium chloride, HCl, furnace.
4. Organic matter and inorganic matter – Pipette, evaporating dish, hot plate, oven
5. Acidity and alkalinity – 0.02N H2SO4 + 0.02 N NaOH + Phenolphtalien +methyl orange
+ pipette, burette, conical flask