ASTM Locations
Lab Procedure
Sand Cone
Soil Classification
Formulas
100

Define standard effort for D698

What is Terminology

100

The lowest moisture content at which a soil begin to act like a liquid

What is Liquid Limit?

100

This is the material i use to fill the sand cone

What is calibrated sand? 

100

The symbol that represents Silts.

What is O?

100

Weight of water / Dry soil x 100

What is Moisture Content Formula?

200

The height requirement for the casa-grande

What is Apparatus

200

Taking a wet soil sample weigh it, then dry it, then weight it again

What is the Moisture Content?

200

This procedure must be done before the sand cone can be performed

What is stop all equipment? 

200

The letters that represent a Clayey Sand

What is SC? 

200

Weight of Wet soil / Volume 

What is Wet Density Formula?

300

Apply sample to vacuum for a timeframe of 2hours to remove all air voids

What is Procedure?

300

This has 16 holes per square inch or 1.18mm per square inch

What is a #16 Sieve?

300

The surface must be this way before the sand cone can be completed.

What is level, flat , and smooth?

300

This is the chart i use with the LL and the PI

What is A line chart or Plasticity Chart?

300

Wet Density / by 1+(M%/100)

What is Dry Density Formula?

400

The methodology used to specify how data are recorded

What is Reporting? 

400

Relationship between the dry soil and the optimum moisture content

What is a Proctor? 

400

This must be calculated before i can figure the wet density.

What is the volume? 

400
2 things you will not see on the Wacel test when using the classification chart

What is Clean and Inorganics?

400

Field Dry Density/Max Dry Densityx100

What is Compaction Formula?

500

Every "test result" represents an individual determination. Except for the use of data from fewer than seven laboratories

What is Precision and Bias?

500

Wide range of sizes and has a good representation of all sizes

What is Well Graded?

500

In order to calculate the dry density this procedure must be completed first.

What is Moisture Content by Direct Heat? 

500
A soil that has more that 50% passing a #200

What is Fine grained? 

500

(#4 Retained x #4 M%) + (#4 Passing x OMC) x 100

What is corrected moisture content formula? 

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