INTRODUCTION

 Hydrometer analysis method is used to

examine the particle size distribution of soil.
The experiment was conducted to determine
the percent finer. Its based on the principle of
settling the soil grains in water. The soil
particles settle in water at different velocities.
And it’s assumed that all soil particles are
sphere.
PROCEDURE
1. Take 50 grams of air-dry well-pulverized soil in a
beaker.
2. Prepare a 1000 mL of distilled water and add
the soil taken in step 1. Soak it for about 8
hours.
3. Mix the solution well and put the hydrometer
(Type 152H) in the graduated cylinder. Record
the readings at cumulative times (in min): 0, 4,
8, 15, 30, 60, 120, 240 and 480. For each
reading, insert the hydrometer into the cylinder
for about 30 seconds before reading is due.
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
Time Actual Hydro- Temp Effective K Diameter Percent
(min) Hydrometer meter (°C) hydrometer (mm) finer
reading reading length L (%)
corr. (cm)

0 26 26 12 0 15.12

4 17 17 13.5 0.023 17.01

8 14 14 13.9 0.017 17.51

15 9 9 14.75 0.012 18.59

27 0.0126
30 5 5 15.5 0.009 19.53

60 4 4 15.55 0.006 19.59

120 3 3 15.8 0.004 19.91

240 1 1 16.1 0.003 20.29

480 0 0 16.3 0.002 20.54
 The table above shown the hydrometer
reading done within 8 hours.
 The table above is the summary of the results
for hydrometer analysis of the soil. The mass
of the soil with less than 0.075mm in
diameter is 50g. We were not able to
standardize the hydrometer, therefore, we
assumed that the composite correction is
zero. For the diameter and percent finer, the
Gs was set to be 2.65
CONCLUSION

 Based on the graph, it was concluded that the

sample was well-graded. There are only a little
bit deviation in terms of hydrometer analysis.