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    This document describes procedures for performing a sieve analysis test to determine the particle size distribution of a soil sample. The test involves sieving a 200g soil sample through a series of British Standard sieves with decreasing mesh sizes, from 5mm down to 63μm. The sample is shaken in the mechanical shaker for 10 minutes to separate the particles by size. Each fraction caught in the sieves is then weighed. Calculations are performed to determine the percentage of particles by size, which are plotted on a graph. The results allow classifying the soil as predominantly gravel, sand, silt or clay sized particles and identifying which size may control its engineering properties.

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    This document describes procedures for performing a sieve analysis test to determine the particle size distribution of a soil sample. The test involves sieving a 200g soil sample through a series of British Standard sieves with decreasing mesh sizes, from 5mm down to 63μm. The sample is shaken in the mechanical shaker for 10 minutes to separate the particles by size. Each fraction caught in the sieves is then weighed. Calculations are performed to determine the percentage of particles by size, which are plotted on a graph. The results allow classifying the soil as predominantly gravel, sand, silt or clay sized particles and identifying which size may control its engineering properties.

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    This document describes procedures for performing a sieve analysis test to determine the particle size distribution of a soil sample. The test involves sieving a 200g soil sample through a series of British Standard sieves with decreasing mesh sizes, from 5mm down to 63μm. The sample is shaken in the mechanical shaker for 10 minutes to separate the particles by size. Each fraction caught in the sieves is then weighed. Calculations are performed to determine the percentage of particles by size, which are plotted on a graph. The results allow classifying the soil as predominantly gravel, sand, silt or clay sized particles and identifying which size may control its engineering properties.

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    2.

    0 Experiment 2: SIEVE ANALYSIS - DETERMINATION OF PARTICLE SIZE


    DISTRIBUTION BY DRY SIEVING

    2.1 INTRODUCTION

    All types of soil have different particles of size such as coarse soils or fine soils. . From this it
    is possible to determine whether the soil consists predominantly of gravel, sand, silt or clay
    size. Which of these size ranges is likely to control the engineering properties of the soil.

    This test covers the quantitative determination of the particle size distribution in a soil down
    to the fine and size. This method shall not be used unless it has been shown that for the type
    of material under test it gives the same results as the methods of analysis by wet sieving.

    2.2 OBJECTIVE

    To study the size distribution of soil by dry sieving.

    2.3 APPARATUS

    ● British Standard test sieves as follows:-


    5mm, 2mm, 1.18mm, 0.6mm, 0.425mm, 0.300mm, 0.212mm, 0.150mm, 0.63mm and
    an appropriate receiver.
    ● A balance accurate to 0.5g.

    ● Sieve brushers.

    ● At least six metal trays.


    ● A scoop

    ● A mechanical sieve shaker


    2.4 PROCEDURES

    1. All of British Standard test sieve must be weight to get 0.1% of its total mass by using
    balance readable. Weighed the sample soil 200g to use for this test
    Figure 1:
    5mm; 537.0g Figure 2: 2mm; 531.2g
    Figure 3: 1.18mm; 492.6g Figure 4: 600μm; 480.8g

    Figure 5: 425μm; 453.5g Figure 6: 300μm; 449.3g

    Figure 7: 212μm; 421.1g Figure 8: 150μm; 437.8g

    Figure 9: 63μm; 336.0g Figure 10: appropriate receiver; 243.8g


    2. Arrange the sieve with the formation from the larger of sieve to smaller because the
    sample will down through the sieve from top to bottom.

    Figure 11 : formation from larger of sieve to smaller

    3. Put the sample in the top of sieve for sieving process.

    Figure 12: put sample in the receiver


    4. Closed the opening in the top of the sieve and set up the British Standard test sieve to
    the mechanical sieve shaker. The minimum time needed is 10 minutes.

    Figure 13: close the opening lid


    5. After finishing the sieving process. The soil sample will be placed in a stack of sieve.
    It will show the difference of sample soil from the coarse soil to the fine soils.
    Weighed all the sieve to make a calculation.

    Figure 14: weight all the sieve sample

    6. The different types of particle soil sample must be placed in a metal tray.

    Figure 15: Different types of particle soil


    7. Finally, all British Standard test sieves must be clean by using sieve brushes. All the
    data must be calculated to get their percentage.
    Figure 16: Cleaning the sieve using the sieve brush.

    2.5 CALCULATION AND RESULTS:

    SIEVE ANALYSIS
    GRAPH
    2.6 CONCLUSION
    In the experiment, we can conclude the different type of soil has the different particle of
    size such as coarse soil and fine soil. In this experiment, the procedure given is to remove the
    silt soil and clay soil. This method covers the quantitative determination of particle size
    distribution in an essentially cohesion less soil down to fine sand size. The number sieves
    describe what size aggregate fall through to the next. After the material has been sieved, we
    remove each tray, weight every size, and record each weight and ensure that all material
    entrapped within opening of the sieve are cleaned out and included in the weight retained.

    After weighting each sample, we do some calculation to determine percentage (%) of retained
    aggregate, cumulative, aggregate retained and aggregate passing of each sieve.
    We conclude that sieve analysis is the simple and easy way to determine the particle size
    distribution of aggregate and this sieve analysis procedure also easily use by other people to
    get the accurate size of aggregate with using different size of sieve.

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