RELATIVE DENSITY & WATER ABSORPTION  BS 1097- 6: 2000 Tests for mechanical and physical properties of aggregates – Part 6: Determination of particle density and water absorption
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