The City College of New York Department of Civil Engineering CE 345: Soil Mechanic !

n tr"ctor: Dr# $eorge Mylonaki

LAB EXPERIMENT #2: DETERMINATION OF SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF SOIL SOLIDS

Introduction The !"ci#ic $r%&it' of a given material i %efine% a the ratio of the weight of a given vol"me of material to the weight of an e&"al vol"me of %i tille% water at 4C# !t i %enote% 'y G an% i %efine% a G ( ( where) ( "nit weight of oil oli% only ( ( "nit weight of water at 4 C or) ) *V G ( )( * V where) ) ( weight of oil oli% )( ( weight of water V ( vol"me of oil ( vol"me of water Note: Thi te t i applica'le for oil particle maller than 4#+5 mm in i,e#

T%*+" ,- R%n$" o# G #or Di##"r"nt Soi+ T'!" Soil type San% Silt Clay an% ilty clay .rganic oil -ange of G /#031/#0+ /#051/#+ /#0+1/#2 34 1/#0

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A!!%r%tu 3# /# 3# 4# 5# 0# +# 5# 2# 6ol"metric fla k 7588ml9 Thermometer :alance en itive to 8#83g Di tille% water 6ac""m p"mp Evaporating %i he .ven Spat"la ;la tic &"ee,e 'ottle

Proc"dur" 3# /# 3# 4# <eigh a'o"t 38813/8g of repre entative ample of well1p"lveri,e% air1%rie% oil# ;lace thi into the fla k# =%% %i tille% water "ntil fla k i a'o"t two1thir% f"ll# =ttach the fla k to a vac""m for 351/8 min"te # =fter the %e1aerating proce i complete) caref"lly a%% %i tille% water "p to the 588ml mark# :e caref"l not to reintro%"ce air into the fla k# Thi i %one 'y a%%ing water very lowly# Dry the neck of the fla k a'ove the mark with paper towel # -ecor% the weight of the fla k 7),9 to the neare t 8#83g a well a it temperat"re# Empty the fla k into an evaporating %i h# > e the pla tic &"ee,e 'ottle to rin e the in i%e of the fla k) making "re no oil i left in i%e# ;lace the %i h in the oven to %ry it to a con tant weight# Clean the fla k# -epeat tep 3 an% 4# -ecor% the weight of the fla k 7)29 to the neare t 8#83g# ample

5# 0# +# 5# 2#

38# Determine the weight of %ry oil in the evaporating %i h 7).9#

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C%+cu+%tion 3# /# 3# 4# 5# ), ( weight of the fla k 4 oil 4 %i tille% water fille% to mark# )2 ( weight of the fla k 4 %i tille% water fille% to mark# ). ( weight of the %ry oil# )/ ( weight of e&"al vol"me of water ( )2 4 ). ? ),G
%t T C

( pecific gravity at TC <3 ( <4

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The pecific gravity i generally reporte% on the val"e of the %en ity of water at /8C <3 G
%t 20 C

( <4

where) 1( %t TC ( 1( %t 20C

T%*+" 2- V%+u" #or %t V%r'in$ T"2!"r%tur" Temperat"re 7T C9 30 3+ 35 32 /8 /3 // /3 /4 /5 /0 /+ /5 /2 38 3#888+ 3#8880 3#8884 3#888/ 3#8888 8#2225 8#2220 8#2223 8#2223 8#2255 8#2250 8#2253 8#2258 8#22++ 8#22+4

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