Laboratory Test Sheet
MOISTURE CONTENT DETERMINATION BS 812 : PART 109 : 1989
Method 6
BS 812 : Part 6: 1989
Moisture Content
Location
Job ref.
Borehole/Pit no.
Soil descriptio
n
n
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
Sample No
Group
Depth m
Type
Aggregates
Clays
Rocks
Silts
Peats
Soils
Date
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
Test method
BS1377: Part 2:
1990: 3.2
Related Test
Specimen Ref.
Container No.
Mass of wet soil + container (m
2)
g
Mass of dry soil + container (m
3)
g
Mass of Container (m
1)
g
Mass of Moisture (m
2-m3)
g
Mass of dry Soil (m
3-m1)
g
Moisture Content
w
=
(m
2
-m
3
)
%
(m
3
- m
1
)
Operator
Checked
Approved