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Experiment 1-Determination of Water Content

This document describes an experiment to determine the water content of soil samples. The natural water content, or moisture content, of soil is the ratio of the weight of water to the weight of solids in a given soil mass, usually expressed as a percentage. The objective is to determine the moisture content, which is essential for soil mechanics studies like bearing capacity and settlement. The procedure involves weighing a soil sample, drying it in an oven at 105-110°C for 16-24 hours, then weighing it again to determine the water lost during drying.

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Experiment 1-Determination of Water Content

This document describes an experiment to determine the water content of soil samples. The natural water content, or moisture content, of soil is the ratio of the weight of water to the weight of solids in a given soil mass, usually expressed as a percentage. The objective is to determine the moisture content, which is essential for soil mechanics studies like bearing capacity and settlement. The procedure involves weighing a soil sample, drying it in an oven at 105-110°C for 16-24 hours, then weighing it again to determine the water lost during drying.

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EXPERIMENT 1

DETERMINATION OF WATER CONTENT

I. DEFINITION
The natural water content also
called the natural moisture content
is the ratio of the weight of water to
the weight of the solids in a given
mass of soil. This ratio is usually
expressed as percentage.

II. OBJECTIVE
In almost all soil tests natural
moisture content of the soil is to be
determined. The knowledge of the
natural moisture content is essential
in all studies of soil mechanics. To
sight a few, natural moisture content
is used in determining the bearing
capacity and settlement. The natural
moisture content will give an idea of
the state of soil in the field.

III. MATERIALS /
EQUIPMENTS

SOIL SAMPLE
CRUCIBLE
TONG

DRYING OVEN

NON-CORRODIBLE
AIR-TIGHT
CONTAINER

BALANCE, displaying to
0.01 g

IV. PROCEDURE
1.Clean

the container with lid dry it and weigh it (Mc).". Make


sure you do this after you have tared the balance".
2.Take a specimen of the sample in the container and weigh
with lid (Mcws).
3.Keep the container in the oven with lid removed. Dry the
specimen to constant weight maintaining the temperature
between 105 C to 110 C for a period varying with the type of
soil but usually 16 to 24 hours.
4.Record the final constant weight (Mcs) of the container with
dried soil sample. Peat and other organic soils are to be dried at
lower temperature possibly for a longer period.
Certain soils contain gypsum which on heating loses its water
crystallization. If it is suspected that gypsum is present in the
soil sample used for moisture content determination it shall be
dried at not more than 80 C and possibly for a longer time.

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