The City College of New York Department of Civil Engineering CE 345: Soil Mechanic !

n tr"ctor: Dr# $eorge Mylonaki

LAB EXPERIMENT #1: DETERMINATION OF WATER CONTENT

Introduction %ater content& w& i 'efine' a the ratio& e(pre e' a a percentage& of the weight of water in a given oil ma to the weight of oli' particle # )or *e t re "lt & the minim"m i+e of the moi t oil pecimen ho"l' *e a given in Ta*le,# Tabl 1! Mini"u" #oil #a"$l #i% & Ma(im"m particle i+e -mm. 0#415 1#0 4#25 3#5 ,3#0 /#S# Sieve No# Minim"m Ma of Soil Sample -gm. 10 50 ,00 500 1500

40 ,0 4 345 in# 344 in#

A$$aratu& ,# 1# Moi t"re can & availa*le in vario" etc#.# i+e -e#g# 16 'iameter *y 2456 height& 3#56 'iameter *y 16 height&

7ven with temperat"re control to maintain a "niform temperat"re of ,05 to ,,0 C thro"gho"t the oven# )or certain organic -peaty. oil & oil containing gyp "m& certain clay an' ome tropical oil & oven temperat"re ho"l' *e 80 C to avoi' changing the oil characteri tic # 9alance with a en itivity of 0#0,g for pecimen having a ma ma over 100g& the en itivity ho"l' *e 0#,g# of 100g or le # !f the pecimen ha a

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Proc dur ,# 1# 3# 4# 5# 8# 2# Determine an' recor' the ma -in gram . of the empty moi t"re can pl" it cap -W1.#

:lace a ample of repre entative moi t oil in the can# :lace the cap on the can in or'er to prevent lo of moi t"re# Determine the com*ine' ma of the clo e' can an' moi t oil -W'.#

;emove the cap from the top an' place it on the *ottom of the can# :lace the open can& with it li'& into the oven in or'er to 'ry the oil to a con tant weight# !n mo t ca e & thi ho"l' take no more than 14 ho"r # Determine the com*ine' ma of 'ry oil ample pl" the can an' it cap -W(.

:erform the e tep for a total of three ample #

Calculation ,# 1# 3# Calc"late the ma Calc"late the ma of moi t"re < W' = W( of 'ry oil < W( = W1

Calc"late the water content w ->. < ?-W' = W(. @ ,00A 4 -W(BW1.

;eport the water content to the neare t ,> or 0#,> a appropriate& *a e' on the i+e of the pecimen#

) n ral di&cu&&ion Mo t nat"ral oil & which are an'y an' gravelly in nat"re& may have water content of a*o"t ,5C10># )or fineCgraine' oil & water content "p to a*o"t 50C50> can *e fo"n'# Dowever& peat an' highly organic oil with water content "p to a*o"t 500> are not "ncommon#

#ourc & o* rror& ,# 1# 3# 4# 5# 8# 2# 5# Specimen not repre entative# Specimen too mall# Eo of moi t"re *efore weighing the pecimen# !ncorrect temperat"re of oven# Specimen remove' from oven *efore o*taining con tant ovenC'ry weight# $ain of moi t"re *efore weighting ovenC'ry pecimen# %eighing ovenC'ry pecimen while till hot# !ncorrect weight of moi t"re can #

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