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MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT

1. Balances or Bench scale

• For weighing sample soil to obtain specific amount of sample needed for sieve

test.

2. Standard Sieve

• Sieves are very useful for

separating mixtures (soil

sample) according to sie.

!. Sieve analysis mechanical sha"er machine• #o expose the soil sample particles to all the openings in

each sieve in a stac".

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$. %ontainer& buc"et and shovel

• #o ta"e the sufficient amount of soil sample for sieve analysis test.

 '. Sample of fine aggregate

• the materials used in the sieve analysis of fine aggregate

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PROCEDURE

1. ut the soil sample in the container.

2. Separate the soil sample in the container into $ parts (uartering

 process) .

!. From the separated parts& obtain '**g from part + and part B and put the

soil sample in the buc"et to weight. #he buc"et mass is *.$2"g. So&

including the mass of the buc"et obtain ,2*g.

+

B

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$. +rrange the standard sieve according to the seuence sie from the bigger sie at the

top to the smaller sie to the bottom.

'. our the '**g of soil sample into the standard sieve plate before switch on the

mechanical sieve machine.

-. Switch on the mechanical sieve machine to sieve the soil sample

about minutes.

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. +fter minutes& weight the retained soil sample (fine aggregate) for each sieve plate

sie and the mass of each plate alone without the soil sample to obtain the mass of

retained soil sample only.

/. 0ecord the data properly in the result sheet and do the data analysis.

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