Appendix A Mar 2017 YMALMADHOU

Measurement of Consistency Limits

(Data Sheet)
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Liquid Limit Measurement

Liquid Limit Measurement
Specimen number
d = Depth of penetration (millimetre) 22.58 12.97
Moisture can and lid number
MC = Mass of empty, clean can + lid (grams) 8.2500 8.2000
MWC = Mass of can + lid + moist soil (grams) 46.2500 36.5000
MDC = Mass of can + lid + dry soil (grams) 35.8000 29.3900
MS = Mass of soil solids (grams) 27.5500 21.1900
MW = Mass of pore water (grams) 10.4500 7.1100
WC = Water content (percent) 37.9310% 33.5536%
W a t e r C o n t e n t (P e r ce n t )

LL = Liquid limit (that is, water content at d = 20 mm) (percent)

Liquid Limit Chart

39%
38%
f(x) = 0.0045517994x + 0.2780468435
37%
36%
35%
34%
33%
32%
31%
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Penetration (mm)
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33%
32%
31%
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Penetration (mm)

Plastic Limit Measurement

Item / Trial Sample No. 1 No. 2
Specimen number
Moisture can and lid number
MC = Mass of empty, clean can + lid (grams)
MWC = Mass of can + lid + moist soil (grams)
MDC = Mass of can + lid + dry soil (grams)
MS = Mass of soil solids (grams)
MW = Mass of pore water (grams)
WC = Water content (percent)
PL = Plastic limit (that is, water content at time a 3.2-mm thread crumbles) (percent)
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8.2300 8.0900
43.9100 33.9000
34.6400 27.0400
26.4100 18.95
9.2700 6.86
35.1003% 36.2005%

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