SEDL / STP / STP479-EB / STP38492S

A Direct Method for Plotting Grain Size Curves from Hydrometer Test Data

Dick, RC
Senior Laboratory Technician, Caseco Consultants Limited, Vancouver, B. C.

Pages: 7    Published: Jan 1970

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Abstract

This report describes a method by which the time required to draw a grain size curve from hydrometer test data is reduced from approx 20 min to less than 5 min per sample. Briefly, this method consists of the plotting of elapsed time and uncorrected hydrometer readings directly onto a grain size graph by the use of a transparent grid mounted on a tracing table. The construction of the grid is described. Because accepted methods of computation are used throughout, no approximations are introduced.