Plastic Limit Determination Sample no Moisture can and lid n

Plastic Limit Determination Sample no. Moisture can and lid number Mc pty, clean can + I MCMS-Mass ofcan, lid, and moist soil (grams) Mas-Mass ofcan, lid, and dry soil (grams) Ms Mass of soil solids (grams) M,-Mass ofpore water (grams) id (grams) | 22. 0 2 2 12 2 . o Mass of em 2A.?)26.22| 28.2 26,? 2 , water content, w% Plastic Limit (PL)= Average w %

Solution

Formula for calculating plastic limit is (((W2-W3)/(W3-W1))*100%)

Where W1 - empty weight of can and lid

W2- weight of can,lid and moist soil

W3- weight of can,lid and dry soil

On substitution of values and finding average we arrive at value of 34.92% which is abnormal.