RELATIVE DENSITY & WATER ABSORPTION BS 812 : PART 2 : 1975
Method 5.4 / 5.5*
Scheme
Lab Ref
Client Ref.
Job Ref
Supplier
Source
Location
Date
Material Type
Type 1 General Granular Materials
Type 2 General Cohesive Materials
Type 3 General Chalk Materials
Type 4 - Landscape Fill
Type 5 - Top Soil
Type 6 - Selected Granular Fill
Type 7 - Selected Cohesive Fill
Type 8 - Miscellaneous Materials
Type 9 - Stabilized Materials
Others
Date Format
Default - mm/dd/yy
ISO 8601 - yy-mm-dd
Short - d M, y
Medium - d MM, y
Full - DD, d MM, yy
With text - 'day' d 'of' MM 'in the year' yy
Material Name
Aggregates
Clays
Rocks
Silts
Peats
Soils
Specification
Aggregate Type
Test Data
Test 1
Test 2
Water Temperature at the Start of the Test (deg C)
Tray No.
Jar No.
Date/Time in Soak
Date/Time Removed from Soak (24 hr +/- 1/2 hr)
Max/Min Temperature during Soaking (20 +/- 5 deg C)
Test Water temperature (deg C)
Weight of Jar + Water + Sample (B) (g)
Weight of Jar + Water (C) (g)
B - C (g)
Test water Temperature (deg C) (Max Change 2 deg C)
Weight of Sample SSD condition (A) (g)
Date/Time in Oven (100 to 110 deg C)
Date/Time out Oven (24 +/- 1/2 hr)
Tin No
Tin Weight (g)
Tin + Oven Dry Sample (g)
Weight of Sample Oven Dry Condition (D) (g)
Relative Density
Test 1
Test 2
Averages
To Nearest 0.1%
Oven Dried = D / A - (B - C)
SSD = A / A - (B - C)
Apparent = D / D - (B - C)
Water Absorption
To Nearest 0.1%
Percentage = 100(A - D) / D
Comments
Tested By
Date
Checked By