Soil Testing Laboratory Grain-Size Analysis

Sample No_ Project No_

Boring No_ Location
Depth
Description of Sample
Tested by Date

(1) Mass of total air-dried sample g

(2) Mass of fraction retained on No_10 Sieve (washed and oven- -- g
d r i e d-) ( 3P e c )e n t a g e of sample retained on No_10
sieve %
(4P)e r c e n t a g e of sample passing No_ 10 sieve %

Sieve Analysis of Coarse Aggregate

SieveSu.e Mass Retained (g) Mass Passed (g) Total Percent Passed
3 in
2in
11/2 in
l in
3/4in
3/8 in
No_4
No_lO

Hygrosmpi.c Moisture Correction Factor

(5) Container No_
(6) Mass of container +air-dried soil---------------g
(7Mas)s of container +oven-dried
soil--- g (8Ma)ss of container g
(9) Mass of water [(6}{7)] g
(10) Massof oven-dried [(7}{8)] ----
(ll)Massofair-driedsoil [(6)-{8)]

(12) Hygroscopic moisture content ([ i \ x 100 ------------------------------

%

O
( 13) Hygroscopic moisture correction :fuctor [ (I ))
(I I)
Sieve Analysis of Fine Aggregate
(14) Container no.
(15) Mass of container+ air-dried soil (for hydrometer analysis
,g ( 16) Mass of container
g
(17) Mass of air-dried soil sample for hydrometer analysis g
(18) Hygroscopic moisture correction factor [(13)]
(19) Mass of oven-dried sample for hydrometer analysis [(17)x(18)] g

(20) Calculated mass of total hydrometer analysis sample, M= [ :} x10 0] g

Sieve Size Mass Retained (g) Mass Passed (g)a Total Percent Passed b
No. 10
No. 20
No. 40
No. 60
No. 100
No.200
a Mass passed No. 10sieve should be equal to item (19)
b Total percent passed= (mass passed)x 100
(20)

Hydrometer Analysis
(21) Type of Hydrometer used
(22) Specific gravity of soil (G)
(23) Mass of oven-dried soil sample for hydrometer analysis [item (19)] g
(24) Calculated mass of total hydrometer analysis sample, M [item (20)] g
(25) Amount and type of dispering agent used