Group No 3

Soil lab
Members Of The Group:
1. Umer Faiz (Group leader)
2.Shehzad Khan
3.Jawad Khan
4.Kamran Khan
5.Jehangir Khan

List Of Experiments

1.Determine the water content by oven dried method

2.Sieve Analysis test
3.Determination of Maximum dry density and

moisture content by modified proctor test

4.To find the specific gravity of soil

Exp: Determination of specific gravity of soil solids

Definition/purpose: Specific gravity is the ratio

between density of a substance to the density of a

liquid at standard temperature
Mathematical Formula:

Gs=

liq/water

Application
Specific gravity of soil is an important property and

is used to determine
1. Void ratio
2.Porosity
3.Degree of saturation
(If Density and Water content are known)

Apparatus
1. Pycnometer

2. Volumentric Flask

3. Balance

4. Vacum Pump

Procedure

1. Determine and record the weight of a clean

pycnometer (M1)

2. take dry soil sample passed through sieve no 4 in

pycnometer and determine the weight of pycnometer

containing dry soil (M2)

3. Add distilled water to fill about half to of

pycnometer soak sample for 10 mintues

4. Apply the partial vacum to the contents

For 10 intues to remove the entrapped air

5.Fill the pycnometer with distilled water to the

mark and determine weight of pycnometer and its

contents

6.Empty the pycnometer and then fill with distilled

water upto the mark and determine the weight of

pycnometer and distilled water (M4)

Analysis
Apply the Formula:

Gs = M2 - M1/(M2 - M1) (M3 - M4)

Results
Soil Type Range of Specific Gravity
Sand
2.63-2.67
Silt
Clay/Silt Clay

2.65-2.70
2.60-2.90

The results thus obtained from the above

experiments can help us to determine the type of the

soil

THANK YOU