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    This document describes an experiment conducted by a civil engineering student to determine the water content of soil. The experiment involves measuring the mass of an empty moisture can, filling it with moist soil and measuring its mass, then drying the soil sample in an oven and measuring the mass again. By calculating the loss of mass before and after drying, the student can estimate the amount of water in the original soil sample and determine its water content. The goal is to understand how to measure this important property of soil and its relevance to geotechnical engineering studies and tests.

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    This document describes an experiment conducted by a civil engineering student to determine the water content of soil. The experiment involves measuring the mass of an empty moisture can, filling it with moist soil and measuring its mass, then drying the soil sample in an oven and measuring the mass again. By calculating the loss of mass before and after drying, the student can estimate the amount of water in the original soil sample and determine its water content. The goal is to understand how to measure this important property of soil and its relevance to geotechnical engineering studies and tests.

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    This document describes an experiment conducted by a civil engineering student to determine the water content of soil. The experiment involves measuring the mass of an empty moisture can, filling it with moist soil and measuring its mass, then drying the soil sample in an oven and measuring the mass again. By calculating the loss of mass before and after drying, the student can estimate the amount of water in the original soil sample and determine its water content. The goal is to understand how to measure this important property of soil and its relevance to geotechnical engineering studies and tests.

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    Determination of Water Content

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    Wilmer Fernandez
    This document describes an experiment conducted by a civil engineering student to determine the water content of soil. The experiment involves measuring the mass of an empty moisture can, filling it with moist soil and measuring its mass, then drying the soil sample in an oven and measuring the mass again. By calculating the loss of mass before and after drying, the student can estimate the amount of water in the original soil sample and determine its water content. The goal is to understand how to measure this important property of soil and its relevance to geotechnical engineering studies and tests.

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    NATIONAL UNIVERSITY

    551 MF Jhocson Street, Sampaloc, Manila


    DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
    GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING 1 LABORATORY

    NAME: Wilmer R. Fernandez DATE: April 26, 2021

    GROUP #: 3 SECTION: ESE181

    EXPERIMENT # 2
    DETERMINATION OF WATER CONTENT

    I. INTRODUCTION
    The water content, also known as natural water content or natural moisture
    content of the soil is measured in almost all soil studies. The determination of
    water content is required for the majority of soil mechanics laboratory tests. Some
    of these laboratory tests involve the calculation of the number of necessary soil
    amendments for stabilization and determination of the water holding capacity of
    the soil. Water content is defined as the ratio of the weight of water to the weight
    of the solids in a given mass of soil. Water content is said to be zero when voids
    present on the soil are fully filled with air which is known to be as dry soil.

    There are different methods for determining the water content in the soil.
    Some of these methods include the oven-dying method, sand bath method,
    alcohol method, infrared lamp torsion balance method, etc. In this experiment,
    the moisture content will only be determined using only one method which is the
    oven-dying method. This method requires the drying of materials at high
    temperatures in an oven.

    II. OBJECTIVES

    • To understand water content


    • To estimate the amount of water or moisture present in the given quantity of
    soil in terms of its dry weight by heating.
    • To determine the average moisture content
    NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
    551 MF Jhocson Street, Sampaloc, Manila
    DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
    GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING 1 LABORATORY

    III. APPARATUS/ EQUIPMENT


    EQUIPMENT DEFINITION

    This apparatus is available in various


    sizes (2 in. diameter and 7⁄8 in. high,
    3.5 in. diameter and 2 in high.) It is
    used to determine the moisture
    contents in soil and other material and
    is usually made from aluminum or
    stainless steel.

    MOISTURE CAN

    This equipment is used for drying out


    the soil sample. The temperature of
    oven is generally kept between 105°C
    to 110°C. A higher temperature should
    be avoided to prevent the burning of
    organic matter in the soil.

    OVEN WITH TEMPERATURE


    CONTROL

    It is a reliable measuring device used


    to determine an object’s mass to a very
    high degree of precision. The balance
    should have a readability of 0.01g for
    specimens having a mass of 200g or
    less. If the specimen has a mass of
    over 200g, the readability should be
    0.1g.

    BALANCE
    NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
    551 MF Jhocson Street, Sampaloc, Manila
    DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
    GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING 1 LABORATORY

    IV. PROCEDURE

    a. Determine the mass of the empty moisture can and its cap. Record the data

    b. Place a sample representative moist soil in the can. Make sure to close the can as
    well.

    c. Determine the combined mass of the closed can and moist soil.
    NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
    551 MF Jhocson Street, Sampaloc, Manila
    DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
    GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING 1 LABORATORY

    d. Remove the cap from the top of the can and place it at the bottom of the can.

    e. Put the can, in the oven to dry the soil to a constant weight.

    f. Determine the combined mass of the dry soil sample plus the can and its cap.

    LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGg_0ibityQ

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