Results & Calculations:

No. of Aperture Aperture Mass of Mass of Sieve fraction Cumulative Cumulative

sieve size size empty sieve + retained undersize
sieve retain (%)
(m) (mm) sample (g) (%)
(g) (%)
(g)

1 600 0.600 882.5 1657.0 774.5 77.5 77.5 22.5

2 425 0.425 854.0 952.0 98.0 9.8 87.3 12.7

3 300 0.300 786.5 834.5 48.0 4.8 92.1 7.9

4 212 0.212 745.0 777.0 32.0 3.2 95.3 4.7

5 150 0.150 725.5 745.5 20.0 2.0 97.3 2.7

6 63 0.063 753.0 773.0 20.0 2.0 99.3 0.7

Pan - 889.0 896.0 7.0 0.7 100.0 0.0

Total 999.5 100

Original mass of sample , wt = 1000g

Total of sample fraction masses, w1 = 999.5 g

Loss (%)

1000g 999.5g
= 100
1000g

= 0.05%

Example of calculations

Taking second set of data (sieve no.2) as an example,

()

= (Mass of sieve + retain sample) Mass of empty sieve

= 952.0 g 854.0 g

= 98.0 g
 (%)

98.0 g
= x100
999.5 g

= 9.8 %

= (77.5 + 9.8)%

= 87.3%

= 100% cumulative retained

= (100 87.3)%

= 12.7 %

1.

Graph of Cumulative Undersize against Average Particle Size

100

90 y = 40.599x - 3.3081
0, 84 2.15, 84
80
Cumulative undersize (%)

70

60

50 0, 50 1.313, 50

40

30

20
16 16
10

0 0.4756, 0 1.313, 0 2.15, 0

0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3
Average particle size (mm)

Figure: Graph of Cumulative Undersize against Average Particle Size

 2. From the graph,
At, cumulative 16%, particle size = 0.4756 mm

At, cumulative 50%, particle size = 1.3130mm

At, cumulative 84%, particle size = 2.1500mm

3. Size distribution = (P84 P16) / 2

= (2.1500mm 0.4756 mm)/2
= 1.3128 mm

4. (Discussed in below part)