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Specimen Number
Manual Manual PL Device PL Device

Container Identification 1.00 2.00 3.00 4.00

Mass of Container, Mc 15.80 15.80 15.72 15.26

Mass of Wet Soil Sample and Container, Mcws 35.80 36.74 38.15 36.89
Mass of Dried Soil Sample and Container, Mcs 32.54 32.77 30.81 32.76
Mass of Water in Soil Sample, Mw = Mcws – Mcs 3.26 3.97 7.34 4.13
Mass of Dried Soil Particles, Ms = Mcs – Mc 16.74 16.97 15.09 17.50
Moisture Content of Soil Sample,
19.47 23.39 48.64 23.60
ω = (Mw / Ms)(100%)

Plastic Limit (PL)= Average w% 28.78

Specimen Number 1 2 3
Number of Blows, N 16 17 20
Container Identification 1 2 3
Mass of Container, Mc 28.40 28.40 28.50
Mass of Wet Soil Sample and Container, Mcws 65.33 58.38 82.10
Mass of Dried Soil Sample and Container, Mcs 55.31 50.59 69.32
Mass of Water in Soil Sample, Mw = Mcws – Mcs 10.02 7.79 12.78
Mass of Dried Soil Particles, Ms = Mcs – Mc 26.91 22.19 40.82
Moisture Content of Soil Sample,
37.24 35.11 31.31
ω = (Mw / Ms)(100%)

Best Fit Line

Slope (ω% / log blows) -0.267033
Y intercept (ω%) 39.404163
LL (ω% at blows=25) 32.72834177

N w N*w
16.00 37.24 595.76
17.00 35.11 596.80
20.00 31.31 626.16
32.00 32.32 1034.33
28.00 30.87 864.47
113 166.85 3717.53

m 3717.53
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X 22.6
Y 33.3692206

b 39.404163

a 459327.322
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b 18587.6449
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28.40 28.24
91.69 81.10
76.23 68.63
15.46 12.47
47.83 40.39

32.32 30.87

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 Liquid Limit
39.00

37.00

35.00
f(x) = - 0.2670328495x + 39.4041630026
Moisture content of soil sample (w)

33.00

Liquid Limit
Linea r (Li quid Limit)
31.00 LL (25)
Column M
Column N

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