Hydrometer Analysis

Project : Jl. Kerja Depan SKKI Amount : 4% Wt. of soil, Ws : 49.2 g

Location of Project : Summarecon Serpong Job No. : Meniscus correc: 1.0
Description of Soil : Brown Clayey silt Boring No. : Sample No. : LMA 1
Tested By : Asep Wahyu Depth of Sample : a: 1
Hydrometer no. : 152H Date of Testing : 29/03/2013 Zero correction : 4
Dipersing agent : Waterglass Gs of solids : 2.65

Actual
Elapsed Corr. Hyd. Hyd. Corr. L from
Time of Temperature Hyd.
Date time Reading Only for Table L/t
K from
D (mm) % Finner
reading (oC) Reading meniscus Table 6-4
(min) Rc 6-5
Ra R

29/3 10:18 0
1 26.2 37.0 34.7 38.0 10.1 10.1000 0.0125 0.0397 70.4
2 26.2 33.5 31.2 34.5 10.7 5.3500 0.0125 0.0289 63.3
3 26.2 31.5 29.2 32.5 11.1 3.7000 0.0125 0.0240 59.2
4 26.2 29.0 26.7 30.0 11.4 2.8500 0.0125 0.0211 54.2
8 26.2 26.2 23.9 27.2 11.9 1.4875 0.0125 0.0152 48.5
10:33 15 26.2 23.2 20.9 24.2 12.4 0.8267 0.0125 0.0114 42.4
10:48 30 26.2 20.2 17.9 21.2 12.9 0.4300 0.0125 0.0082 36.3
11:18 60 25.9 18.0 15.3 19.0 13.2 0.2200 0.0127 0.0060 31.1
12:18 120 25.9 16.0 13.3 17.0 13.5 0.1125 0.0127 0.0043 27.0
14:18 240 25.9 14.0 11.3 15.0 13.8 0.0575 0.0127 0.0030 23.0
18:18 480 25.7 11.5 8.8 12.5 14.3 0.0298 0.0127 0.0022 17.9
30/3 10:18 1440 20.1 11.0 7.0 12.0 14.3 0.0099 0.0134 0.0013 14.2
01/4 10:18 4320 21.0 9.5 5.7 10.5 14.7 0.0034 0.0133 0.0008 11.6

Rc = Ractual - zero correction + CT % finner = Rc(a)/Ws D = KÖL/t

Hydrometer Analysis Graph

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90

80
Percent finer

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50

40

30

20

10

0
0.0001 0.0010 0.0100 0.1000
0.0020 0.0060 0.0200 0.0600

Silt Fine
Clay Fraction
Sand
Fine Medium Coarse

Grain diameter, mm

Soil fraction: 17% clay

61% silt
 Hydrometer Analysis

Project : Jl. Kerja Depan SKKI Amount : 4% Wt. of soil, Ws : 49.6

Location of Project : Summarecon Serpong Job No. : Meniscus correction : 1.0
Description of Soil : Brown Clayey silt Boring No. : Sample No. : LMA 2
Tested By : Fajar Fiska Depth of Sample : a: 1
Hydrometer no. : 152H Date of Testing : 29/03/2013 Zero correction: 4
Dipersing agent : Waterglass Gs of solids : 2.65

Temperatur

Actual Hyd.

meniscus R
Reading Ra

Reading Rc
tme (min)

Corr. Hyd.

Hyd. Corr.

Table 6-5

Table 6-4
Only for
Elapsed
Time of
reading

D (mm)
K from
L from
e (oC)
Date

L/t
29/3 10:39 0
1 26.7 37.0 34.7 38.0 10.1 10.1000 0.0125 0.0397
2 26.7 34.0 31.7 35.0 10.5 5.2500 0.0125 0.0286
3 26.7 31.5 29.2 32.5 11.1 3.7000 0.0125 0.0240
4 26.7 30.0 27.7 31.0 11.2 2.8000 0.0125 0.0209
8 26.7 26.1 23.8 27.1 11.9 1.4875 0.0125 0.0152
10:54 15 26.7 23.1 20.8 24.1 12.4 0.8267 0.0125 0.0114
11:09 30 26.7 20.2 17.9 21.2 12.9 0.4300 0.0125 0.0082
11:39 60 25.9 18.0 15.3 19.0 13.2 0.2200 0.0127 0.0060
12:39 120 25.9 16.0 13.3 17.0 13.5 0.1125 0.0127 0.0043
14:39 240 25.9 14.0 11.3 15.0 13.8 0.0575 0.0127 0.0030
18:39 480 25.6 11.2 8.5 12.2 14.3 0.0298 0.0127 0.0022
30/3 10:39 1440 20.5 11.1 7.1 12.1 14.3 0.0099 0.0134 0.0013
01/4 10:39 4320 21.0 9.0 5.2 10.0 14.7 0.0034 0.0133 0.0008

Rc = Ractual - zero correction + CT % finner = RHydrometer

c
(a)/Ws Analysis D = KÖL/t
Graph

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0
0.0001 0.0010 0.0100 0.1000
Soil fraction: 16% clay
60% silt
24% Fine Sand
ydrometer Analysis

LMA 2

% Finner
69.9
63.8
58.8
55.7
47.9
41.8
36.0
30.8
26.8
22.8
17.1
14.3
10.5

Hydrometer Analysis Graph

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Table 6-1 Properties of Distilled Table 6-2 Correction Table 6-3 Temperature
Water (h = absolute) Factors a for Unit Correction Factors, CT
Weight of Solids
Temp., oC CT
Unit weight Viscosity of
Temp., Unit 15 1.10
of water, water,
o
C weight of 16 -0.90
g/cm3 poise* Correctio
soil 17 -0.70
n factor, a
4 1.00000 0.01567 solids, 18 -0.50
16 0.99897 0.01111 g/cm3 19 -0.30
17 0.99880 0.01083 2.50 1.04 20 0.00
18 0.99862 0.01056 2.55 1.02 21 0.20
19 0.99844 0.01330 2.60 1.01 22 0.40
20 0.99823 0.01005 2.65 1.00 23 0.70
21 0.99802 0.00981 2.70 0.99 24 1.00
22 0.99780 0.00958 2.75 0.98 25 1.30
23 0.99757 0.00936 2.80 0.97 26 1.65
24 0.99733 0.00914 2.85 0.96 27 2.00
25 0.99708 0.00894 28 2.50
26 0.99682 0.00874 29 3.05
27 0.99655 0.00855 30 3.80
28 0.99627 0.00836
29 0.99598 0.00818
30 0.99568 0.00801

*Poise = dyne . s/cm2 = g/cm . s

Table 6-4 Values of K for Use in Eq. (6-8a) for Several Unit Weights of Soil Solids and Temperature Combinations

Gs, g/cm3 Gs, g/cm3 Gs, g/cm3 Gs, g/cm3 Gs, g/cm3
Temp.,
Temp., Co
Temp., C o
Temp., C
o
Temp., Co
o
C
2.50 2.55 2.60 2.65 2.70
16 0.0151 16 0.0148 16 0.0146 16 0.0144 16 0.0141
17 0.0149 17 0.0146 17 0.0144 17 0.0142 17 0.0140
18 0.0148 18 0.0144 18 0.0142 18 0.0140 18 0.0138
19 0.0145 19 0.0143 19 0.0140 19 0.0138 19 0.0136
20 0.0143 20 0.0141 20 0.0139 20 0.0137 20 0.0134
21 0.0141 21 0.0139 21 0.0137 21 0.0135 21 0.0133
22 0.0140 22 0.0137 22 0.0135 22 0.0133 22 0.0131
23 0.0138 23 0.0136 23 0.0134 23 0.0132 23 0.0130
24 0.0137 24 0.0134 24 0.0132 24 0.0130 24 0.0128
25 0.0135 25 0.0133 25 0.0131 25 0.0129 25 0.0127
26 0.0133 26 0.0131 26 0.0129 26 0.0127 26 0.0125
27 0.0132 27 0.0130 27 0.0128 27 0.0126 27 0.0124
28 0.0130 28 0.0128 28 0.0126 28 0.0124 28 0.0123
29 0.0129 29 0.0127 29 0.0125 29 0.0123 29 0.0121
30 0.0128 30 0.0126 30 0.0124 30 0.0122 30 0.0120
Table 6-5 Values of L (Effective
Depth) for Use in Stokes'
Formula for Diameter of Particles
for ASTM Soil Hydrometer 152H

Original hydrometer Effective

reading (corrected depth L,
for meniscus only) cm

0 16.3
1 16.1
2 16.0
3 15.8
4 15.6
5 15.5
6 15.3
7 15.2
8 15.0
9 14.8
10 14.7
11 14.5
12 14.3
13 14.2
14 14.0
15 13.8
16 13.7
17 13.5
18 13.3
19 13.2
20 13.0
21 12.9
22 12.7
23 12.5
24 12.4
25 12.2
26 12.0
27 11.9
28 11.7
29 11.5
30 11.4
31 11.2
32 11.1
33 10.9
34 10.7
35 10.5
36 10.4
37 10.2
38 10.1
39 9.9
40 9.7
41 9.6
42 9.4
43 9.2
44 9.1
45 8.9
46 8.8
47 8.6
48 8.4
49 8.3
50 8.1
51 7.9
52 7.8
53 7.6
54 7.4
55 7.3
56 7.1
57 7.0
58 6.8
59 6.6
60 6.5
re Combinations

Gs, g/cm3 Gs, g/cm3 Gs, g/cm3

Temp., C o
Temp., C
o
Temp., C
o

2.75 2.80 2.85

16 0.0139 16 0.0137 16 0.0136
17 0.0138 17 0.0136 17 0.0134
18 0.0136 18 0.0134 18 0.0132
19 0.0134 19 0.0132 19 0.0131
20 0.0133 20 0.0131 20 0.0129
21 0.0131 21 0.0129 21 0.0127
22 0.0129 22 0.0128 22 0.0126
23 0.0128 23 0.0126 23 0.0124
24 0.0126 24 0.0125 24 0.0123
25 0.0125 25 0.0123 25 0.0122
26 0.0124 26 0.0122 26 0.0120
27 0.0122 27 0.0120 27 0.0119
28 0.0121 28 0.0119 28 0.0117
29 0.0120 29 0.0118 29 0.0116
30 0.0118 30 0.0117 30 0.0115