Presented by:

ISIGUEN, RUBEN JR. G.

BSCE 4C

Presented to:

Engr. Charlaign Kate Gumasing

Instructor

S. Y. 2021-2022
I. TITLE: LIQUID LIMIT TEST

II. OBJECTIVE
• to prepare soil specimen as per specification
• to find the relationship between water content and number of blows
• to graph a flow curve
• to find out liquid limit

III. MATERIALS/EQUIPMENTS
• Casagrande’s Apparatus
• soil
• balance
• grooving tool
• mixing dishes
• oven
• sieve no. 40
• spatula

IV. PROCEDURE
1. Provide the soil sample that passed through sieve no. 40 from the previous laboratory.
Have at least 300 g of the said soil sample in a mixing bowl.

2. Add water in mixed the soil until it becomes a paste and appears uniform in
consistency.

3. Weigh and record all the cans to be used later in getting samples from each test.
 4. Calibrate the device using the end of the grooving tool to ensure a consistent drop of
the cup before the tests.
5. Thoroughly clean the cup and put a levelled sample of the mixed soil of 8 mm in
depth.

6. Create a groove in the centre of the soil with the grooving tool.

7. Turn the device at 120 revolutions per minute or 2 revolutions per second and count
the blows it takes to close the groove on the soil. If the number of blows falls between
15-20, scoop out some of the soil and put it on one of the pre weighed cans and record
the new weight.

8. Repeat the process for blows 20 to 25, 25 to 30 and 30 to 35, adjusting the dryness or
wetness of the soil sample.
9. Place all the samples in the oven for drying and record again the weight of each
sample after drying.

V. DATA and RESULTS

Liquid Limit
15 - 20 20 - 25 25 - 30 30-35
Test
Test No. 1 2 3 4
No. of Blows 16 22 27 33
Weight of Soil
22.2 g 29.1 g 28.2 g 21.3 g
+ Pan
Weight of Dry
19.8 g 25.8 g 25.5 g 19.07 g
Soil + Pan
Weight of Pan 9.2 g 8.7 g 8.8 g 8.5 g
Water Content 22.64% 19.30% 16.17% 14.29%

Flow Curve
25.00%

20.00%
Water Content %

15.00%

10.00% Series2
Linear (Series2)
5.00%

0.00%
0 10 20 30 40
No. of Blows

Calculations:
Liquid Limit = Y2- Y1 = Y-Y1
X2-X1 X-X1
= 16.17-19.30 = Y-19.30
27-22 25-22
= 17.42%

Flow Index = W1-W2

log(N2/N1)

= 22.64-19.30
log(22/16)
= 24.15

VI. SUMMARY/CONCLUSION

After conducting the experiment, utilizing Cassagrande’s Apparatus, we were able to

find the moisture content of our soil sample and determine its liquid limit from the
data gathered.