s.no.

sieve number sieve size weight of soil retained(g) %weight of soil retained cummulative % of soil ret
1 4 4.75 20.84 4.152474
2 10 2 90.89 18.11029
3 40 0.425 170.32 33.93711
4 80 0.18 191.36 38.12944
5 200 0.075 11.95 2.381097
6 pan 0 16.51 3.2897

501.87
4.75 94.4
2.36 89.4
1.18 72.1
0.6 59.9
0.3 41.3
0.15 36.7
0.075 32.3
0.046947 22.79253
0.033445 22.27451 Gravel 5.6
0.023823 21.7565 Coarse Sand 8.4
0.016967 21.23849 Medium Sand 36
0.012168 20.20247 Fine Sand 18
0.00931 16.57638 Silt 24
0.006909 12.43229 clay 8
0.004969 10.87825 100
0.001075 5.18012

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from the data obtained from L.L and P.L test and the adove graph
more than 12% weight of soil pass through 75 micron sieve and the
cummulative % of soil retained % weight of soil passing
4.152474 95.84753
22.26276 77.73724
56.19987 43.80013
94.32931 5.67069
96.71041 3.289593
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gh 75 micron sieve and the point on plasticity chart lies above A line and hatched zone,so the soil is SC
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