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The water content at which soil passes from the plastic to the liquid state under standard
test conditions.
3. Why do you use a special cup and cranking device to determine the liquid limit?
A special cup and cranking device is used to determine the liquid limit because those are
the standards of the A7T8 and every test must comply with the A7T8 standards 9A7T8.
The cup can be adjusted for a 1-mm fall and can be raised and dropped. Not only that but,
the shape of the cup is cur'ed in a way that the plasticity of moist soil can easily be seen.
5. What is the minimum number of data points required to determine the liquid limit?
The minimum number of data points required to determine the liquid limit is two.
This method provides instructions for checking the dimensions of the cup and base of the
liquid.
7. Under what conditions would you use seawater to moisten a clay sample?
Classification tests included gradation, liquid limit, and plastic limit tests. The clay material
8. Is there a typical value for the liquid limit for clean fine sand? Justify your answer.
The percentage moisture content at which a soil changes with decreasing wetness from
the liquid to the plastic consistency or with increasing wetness from the plastic to the liquid
consistency.
Introduction
This experiment is about liquid limit in soil. The liquid limit of a soil is the water
content at which the soil behaves practically like a liquid, but has small shear strength. It
flows to close the groove in just 25 blows in Casagrande’s liquid limit device.
. When water is added to dry soil, it changes its state of consistency from hard to soft. If
we add water to a fine-grained soil, then water will change its consistency from hard to
semi hard. If we continue to add more water then again, the soil will change its state of
consistency from semi hard to plastic and finally reach a liquid consistency stage. When
the soil reaches liquid consistency state, it has remained no cohesive strength to retain its
shape under its own weight. It will start to deform its shape. So, the amount of water which
is responsible for this state of consistency of soil is called liquid limit of soil. In other words,
we can define liquid limit as the minimum water content at which the soil is still in the liquid
systems to characterize the fine‑grained fractions of soils and to specify the fine‑grained
fraction of construction materials. The liquid limit, plastic limit and plasticity index of soils
are also used extensively, either individually or together, with other soil properties to
Application
The value of liquid limit helps in classification of fine grain soil. Also, the values of liquid
Conclusions
This test method covers the determination of the liquid limit, plastic limit and
plasticity index of soils. The liquid and plastic limits of soils are often referred the as the
Atterberg limits.
References
http://www.aboutcivil.org/to-determine-liquid-limit-plastic-limit-of-soil.html
https://theconstructor.org/geotechnical/the-liquid-limit-of-soil-test/2877/
https://www.slideshare.net/NurulAdha2/atterberg
ftp://ftp.fao.org/fi/cdrom/fao_training/fao_training/general/x6706e/x6706e08.htm
https://www.dot.ny.gov/divisions/engineering/technical-services/technical-
services-repository/GTM-7b.pdf
http://www.geotechnique.info/si/si%20book%20chapter%208.pdf
https://globalroadtechnology.com/atterberg-limits/