PLASTIC LIMIT

•  The fall cone method may also be used as in the liquid limit, but
using a cone with a mass of 2.35 N instead

• The plasticity index (PI) is the difference between the liquid and
plastic limits:
Example of Liquid and Plastic Limits
using the Fall Cone Test
Correlation of Plasticity Index and Flow Index

•  Sridharan et al. determined

a correlation between the
flow index from the liquid
limit tests and the plasticity
index: