This test is done to determine the plastic limit of soil as per IS: 2720 (Part 5) – 1985.The plastic limit of fine-grained soil is the water content of the soil below which it ceases to be plastic. It begins to crumble when rolled into threads of 3mm dia. The apparatus used:
i) Porcelain evaporating dish about 120mm dia.
ii) Spatula
iii) Container to determine moisture content
iv) Balance, with an accuracy of 0.01g
v) Oven
vi) Ground glass plate – 20cm x 15cm
vii) Rod – 3mm dia. and about 10cm long
PREPARATION OF SAMPLE
Take out 30g of air-dried soil from a thoroughly mixed sample of the soil passing through 425µm IS Sieve. Mix the soil with distilled water in an evaporating dish and leave the soil mass for naturing. This period may be upto 24hrs.
Procedure to determine The Plastic Limit Of Soil
i) Take about 8g of the soil and roll it with fingers on a glass plate. The rate of rolling should be between 80 to 90 strokes per minute to form a 3mm dia.
ii) If the dia. of the threads can be reduced to less than 3mm, without any cracks appearing, it means that the water content is more than its plastic limit. Knead the soil to reduce the water content and roll it into a thread again.
iii) Repeat the process of alternate rolling and kneading until the thread crumbles.
iv) Collect and keep the pieces of crumbled soil thread in the container used to determine the moisture content.
v) Repeat the process at least twice more with fresh samples of plastic soil each time.
REPORTING OF RESULTS
The plastic limit should be determined for at least three portions of the soil passing through 425µm IS Sieve. The average water content to the nearest whole number should be reported.
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I am a civil engineer i want to know that how the safe bearing capacity of soil is calculated please make clear of it and also what is the importance of it
Dear Sir,
Can i know how what is mean by CBR for the soil
the CBR stands for California bearing ratio.
yes it the ratio comparing soil with standard crushed stone
sir why we should use 3mm diameter rolls to determine PL….y not more or less than 3mm
it is the standard to deviate would compremise the validity of the results
sir…what happens if v use oven dried sample instead of air dried sample in detrmination of PL
Please let me know what should be the plastic limit, liquid limit of a soil used for the purpose of backfilling?
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hi sir. what is the mean idea of the plastic limit and liquid limit and how we can use in fild.
Sir,
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what is the importance of LL and PL of soils for engineers
for what we are doing plastic limit??in field work were&all using it
its the basic test which gives info related to omc mdd and also cbr value through which u can calculate overlay and all in field
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For the above experiment report i would like to thank in which technical personal in soil mechanics and foundation engineering can proceed their experiment with these provided instructions and manual. of But the importance of experiment and its uses are not mentioned. the upper limit and too lower limit of water content as per soil type is not specified. I felt it would be very helpful if you could provide the above requested data in tabulated form. It will enhance the Civil Engineering students as well as actual field test performer to soil type and its condition. It will also help to provide safety and precaution for designing structure.
By: Yadav Lal Bhattarai
Civil Engineering Student
Sharda University
sir, is it possible to get the value of plastic limit?
please send me the log graph to detrmine liquid limit
is there any software to calculate liquid limit result?