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EXPERIMENT No. 1
(WATER CONTENT DETERMINATION)
REFERENCES
ASTM D2216 (ASTM Standards sec. 4 vol. 4.08)
AASHTO T265 (Standard Specifications for Transportational Materials and
Methods of Sampling and Testing, Part II)
MATERIALS AND APPARATUS
1. Moisture cans
2. Oven with temperature control
3. Balance sensitive to 0.01 grams
PROCEDURE
1. Determine the weight of the moisture can plus cover and record as Wc. (Be
sure to label and record the label of each moisture cans).
2. Place a representative sample of wet soil in the can.
a. To provide a reasonable accurate results, the following
representative wet soil sample weights are recommended.
Max size of soil particles
(95-100% passes the given sieve)
--------------------------------------------No. 4 (4.75 mm)
No. 40 (0.420 mm)
12.5 mm
Recommended minimum
sample weight (grams)
-------------------------------100
10 to 50
300