Sand Testing 2011
Sand Testing 2011
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Introduction
Objective
This experiment measures the sand grain size and calculates the Grain Fineness Number (GFN)
Materials
i. Silica sand
Equipment
i. 1 set of 9 sieves ( 53, 75, 106, 150, 212, 300, 425, 600, 850) plus the sieves pan
Hand tools
i. Brush
Procedure
a. The screens on the sieves were cleaned carefully by turning the sieve face down and
striking the rim evenly on the table. The screen cannot be touch by the fingers. The sieves
also do not beat hard so as not to damage the rim.
b. The sand sample was scales 100 grams to accuracy of 0.01 grams.
c. The stack of sieves was place on the Sieve Shaker Octagon 2000 machine
d. The biggest mesh size was put on the top sieve of the sieve shaker.
g. The sieves were taken apart after the shaking operation and left over sand of each sieve
was carefully weighted. The weight was recorded in column (C) of table 1.
A B C D E F
N AFS AFS Product
Sieve No Opening (Mic.) Sand mass (g) Sample (%)
o Multiplier (C X E)
1 20 850 0.3 0.303 10 3.00
2 30 600 1.81 1.829 20 36.20
3 40 425 39.55 39.954 30 1186.50
4 50 300 18.18 18.366 40 727.20
5 70 212 5.56 5.617 50 278.00
6 100 150 11.88 12.001 70 831.60
7 140 106 13.90 14.042 100 1390.00
8 200 75 6.53 6.597 145 946.85
9 270 53 1.92 1.939 200 384.00
10 PAN 0.37 0.374 300 111.00
ΣF =
Total accumulated sand mass (g) Σ C = 100 100%
5894.35
Original Mass of Sample before
100
Seiving (g)
Graph 2
Calculation
GFN = ΣF X 100%
ΣC
100
= 5894.35
Discussion
Conclusion
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