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Sand Testing 2011

This document provides instructions for conducting a test to measure the grain size of silica sand by sieving it using a series of screens and calculating the Grain Fineness Number (GFN). The procedure involves sieving 100 grams of sand using 9 sieves of different mesh sizes, weighing the amount of sand retained on each sieve, and using the weights to calculate the GFN using a provided formula. The results are displayed in a table showing the sieve sizes, weights retained, and calculations to determine the overall GFN.

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Sand Testing 2011

This document provides instructions for conducting a test to measure the grain size of silica sand by sieving it using a series of screens and calculating the Grain Fineness Number (GFN). The procedure involves sieving 100 grams of sand using 9 sieves of different mesh sizes, weighing the amount of sand retained on each sieve, and using the weights to calculate the GFN using a provided formula. The results are displayed in a table showing the sieve sizes, weights retained, and calculations to determine the overall GFN.

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SAND TESTING PREPARATION

1
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

ii. Sieve shaker

iii. Digital Scale Balance

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.

e. Silica sand was put into the sieve.

f. The sieves were shaken continuously for a period of 15 minutes.

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.

h. Grain Fineness Number (GFN) was calculated by the formula given.


Apparatus

Figure 1 : Sieve Shaker


Figure 2 : Digital Scale Balance

Figure 3 : Silica Sand

Figure 4: The Cover of Sieve Shaker


Figure 5 : The silica sand after shaking

Result and Data collection

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)

Table 1: Sieve Analysis Data


Graph 1

Graph 2
Calculation

GFN = ΣF X 100%

ΣC

GFN = 5894.35 X 100%

100

= 5894.35

Discussion

Conclusion

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