Laboratory Test Sheet
Liquid limit (cone penetrometer) and plastic limit Method 6
BS 1377 : Part 2 : 1990
BS 1377 : Part 2 : 1990
Liquid limit (cone penetrometer) and plastic limit
Location
Test No
BH No.
Soil descripti
on
on
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
Type
Aggregates
Clays
Rocks
Silts
Peats
Soils
Date
Date Form
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: 4.3/4.4
Plastic Limit
Test No.
1
2
3
4
Average
Container no.
Mass of wet soil + container
g
Mass of dry soil + container
g
Mass of Container
g
Mass of Moisture
g
Mass of dry Soil
g
Moisture Content
%
Liquid Limit
Test No.
1
2
3
4
Initial dial guage reading
mm
Final dial gauge reading
mm
Average penetration
mm
Container no.
Mass of wet soil + container
g
Mass of
dry soil + contaier
g
Mass of container
g
Mass of moisture
g
Mass of Dry Soil
g
Moisture Content
%
Cone Penetration Test
Sample Preparation *
as received
washed on 425 um sieve
air dried at ........... deg C
oven dried at ....... deg C
not known
proportion retained
on 425um sieve ........ %
Liquid Limit %
Plastic Limit %
Plasticity Index
Delete as appropriate
Operator
Checked
Approved
m =
b =