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    WSDOT Test Method T 610: Method of Test For The Capillary Rise of Soil

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    This test method describes how to determine the capillary rise of soil, which is a measure of the soil's susceptibility to frost damage. The test involves placing a soil sample in a glass tube and slowly lowering the level of surrounding water until it breaks through the soil. The distance between the water and top of the soil when this occurs is the capillary rise. The test uses a special apparatus consisting of interconnected glass tubes and cylinders to surround the soil sample with water and carefully control the water level.

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    This test method describes how to determine the capillary rise of soil, which is a measure of the soil's susceptibility to frost damage. The test involves placing a soil sample in a glass tube and slowly lowering the level of surrounding water until it breaks through the soil. The distance between the water and top of the soil when this occurs is the capillary rise. The test uses a special apparatus consisting of interconnected glass tubes and cylinders to surround the soil sample with water and carefully control the water level.

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    This test method describes how to determine the capillary rise of soil, which is a measure of the soil's susceptibility to frost damage. The test involves placing a soil sample in a glass tube and slowly lowering the level of surrounding water until it breaks through the soil. The distance between the water and top of the soil when this occurs is the capillary rise. The test uses a special apparatus consisting of interconnected glass tubes and cylinders to surround the soil sample with water and carefully control the water level.

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    WSDOT Test Method T 610

    Method of Test for the Capillary Rise of Soil

    1. SCOPE
    a. This test method describes the capillary rise test which determines the susceptibility
    of soil to damage by frost. The soil sample, closing the top of a glass tube, is
    subjected to the pull of an increasing head of water which compresses the soil and
    reduces its moisture content until air is forced through the soil by a maximum head
    which is termed the capillary rise.
    2. EQUIPMENT
    a. Capillary Apparatus — The capillary apparatus shall conform to the details shown
    in Figure 1 and shall consist of the following components:
    (1) Glass Filter Tube — A glass filter tube, as detailed in Figure 1, fitted with a
    cork disk shaped to fit the shoulder of the tube and having a 1.57 in. (40 mm)
    diameter hole in the center. A disk of No. 200 (0.075 mm) sieve is placed above
    the cork disk to retain the soil particles
    (2) Glass Tube — A glass extension tube, 3.3 ft. (1000 mm) in length, and the same
    diameter as the lower part of the filter tube, connected to the filter tube by means
    of a short piece of rubber tubing.
    (3) Glass Cylinder — A glass cylinder, 2 in. (50 mm) in diameter and 4 ft. (1220
    mm) long, fitted with a single hole rubber stopper with a short piece of glass
    tubing, and a rubber hose about 3 ft. (1 m) long with a clamp or other device for
    controlling the inlet-outlet flow of water.

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    January 2009
    (3) Glass Cylinder — A glass cylinder, 2 in. (50 mm) in diameter and 4 ft. (1220 mm) long,
    fitted with a single hole rubber stopper with a short piece of glass tubing, and a rubber
    hose about 3 ft. (1 m) long with a clamp or other device for controlling the inlet-outlet
    T 610 Method of Test for the Capillary Rise of Soil
    flow of water.

    Figure 1: Capillary Apparatus


    Capillary Apparatus
    Figure 1

    3.
    T 610 PROCEDURE March 2001 T 610
    Page 1 of 2
    a. Assemble the equipment as shown in Figure 1.
    b. Select from the material passing the No. 10 (2 mm) sieve a 200-g sample. Select from
    this 200-g sample a portion large enough to fill the filler tube, without tamping, to a
    height of 1.57 in. (40 mm).
    c. Admit water into the jacket through the bottom tube until it is filled to a level slightly
    above the top of the soil in the filter tube and allow to stand for five minutes.
    d. After five minutes, lower the water until it is level with the bottom of the cork disk.
    Allow the excess water to drain from the soil
    e. After the excess water has drained from the soil, allow the water level in the jacket to
    drop slowly 2 in. (50 mm) every five minutes until the water in the filter tube breaks.
    4. CALCULATIONS
    a. The distance, in inches, between the top of the water in the jacket and the top of the
    soil when the water column in the tube breaks is reported as the capillary rise.
    5. REPORTS
    a. All test results will be reported to the Soils Engineer.

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    January 2009

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