ASTM D4718

Full Name

ASTM D4718 – Standard Practice for Correction of Unit Weight and Water Content for Soils Containing Oversize Particles

Scope

This practice presents a procedure for calculating the unit weights and water contents of soils containing oversize particles when the data are known for the soil fraction with the oversize particles removed.

This practice also can be used to calculate the unit weights and water contents of soil fractions when the data are known for the total soil sample containing oversize particles.

Keywords

unit weight correction; water content correction; soil; oversize particles

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