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Hydrometer Calculations 2021-08-31

This document provides information and examples for analyzing soil particles using both sieve and hydrometer methods. It includes tables showing the sieve sizes used, mass measurements taken, percentage of particles retained on each sieve, and hydrometer readings over time to determine particle size distribution using sedimentation principles. Soil samples are analyzed to classify particle sizes ranging from coarse sand to clay and determine percentages of each in the overall sample composition.

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Hydrometer Calculations 2021-08-31

This document provides information and examples for analyzing soil particles using both sieve and hydrometer methods. It includes tables showing the sieve sizes used, mass measurements taken, percentage of particles retained on each sieve, and hydrometer readings over time to determine particle size distribution using sedimentation principles. Soil samples are analyzed to classify particle sizes ranging from coarse sand to clay and determine percentages of each in the overall sample composition.

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Soil Particle Analysis Calculator

Note: the creator of this calculator does not accept any responsibilities against the correctness of the calculations or meth
Contact: [email protected]
Example Numbers: Dr. Krishna R. Reddy

Sieve Method

sieve number Diameter mass of empty sieve Mass of Sieve+ Soil Retained Retained
(mm) (g) soil retained (g) (g) (%)
4 4.750 116.23 166.13 49.9 9.5
10 2.000 99.27 135.77 36.5 7.0
20 0.840 97.58 139.68 42.1 8.0
40 0.425 98.96 138.96 40 7.6
60 0.250 91.46 114.46 23 4.4
140 0.106 93.15 184.15 91 17.4
200 0.075 90.92 101.12 10.2 1.9
pan 70.19 301.19 231 44.1
total 523.7 100.0

Hydrometer Method

Date Time Date & Time Elapsed Time temp.


Delta T (min) ©
9/15 16:06 9/15/11 4:06 PM 25
9/15 16:07 9/15/11 4:07 PM 1 1 25
9/15 16:08 9/15/11 4:08 PM 2 3 25
9/15 16:10 9/15/11 4:10 PM 4 7 25
9/15 16:14 9/15/11 4:14 PM 8 15 25
9/15 16:22 9/15/11 4:22 PM 16 31 25
9/15 16:40 9/15/11 4:40 PM 34 65 25
9/15 18:22 9/15/11 6:22 PM 136 201 23
9/16 17:24 9/16/11 5:24 PM 1518 1719 22
ctness of the calculations or methods used in this spreadsheet.

100.00

90.00

Passing 80.00
(%) 70.00
90.47
83.50 60.00
75.46 50.00
67.83
40.00
63.43
46.06 30.00
44.11 20.00
0.00
10.00

0.00
10.000 1.000 0.100 0.010

Meniscus Corr
1
Actual Hydro Hyd. Corr. For L from K from D Ct from a from
Rdng (Ra) Meniscus Table1 Table2 (mm) Table 3 Table 4
55 56 7.1 0.01326 1.3 1.018
47 48 8.4 0.01326 0.0384 1.3 1.018
42 43 9.2 0.01326 0.0232 1.3 1.018
40 41 9.6 0.01326 0.0155 1.3 1.018
37 38 10.2 0.01326 0.0109 1.3 1.018
32 33 10.9 0.01326 0.0079 1.3 1.018
28 29 11.5 0.01326 0.0056 1.3 1.018
22 23 12.5 0.01356 0.0034 0.7 1.018
15 16 13.7 0.01366 0.0012 0.4 1.018
D (mm) % finer
4.750 90.47
2.000 83.50
0.840 75.46
0.425 67.83 From Sieve Analysis
0.250 63.43
0.106 46.06
0.075 44.11
0.038 37.99
0.023 33.50
0.016 31.70
0.011 29.01
0.008 24.52 From Hydro. Analysis
0.006 20.92
0.003 15.00
0.010 0.001 0.001 8.44

Sample
Zero Corr.: weight (g) #200 (%)
6.0 50.0 44.1
Corr. Hydro. Finer Adjusted
Rdng (Rc) (%) Finer (%)

42.3 86.1 37.99


37.3 75.9 33.50
35.3 71.9 31.70
32.3 65.8 29.01
27.3 55.6 24.52
23.3 47.4 20.92
16.7 34.0 15.00
9.4 19.1 8.44

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