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    The document describes the Unified Soil Classification System which categorizes soils based on their grain size and plasticity characteristics. It defines soil types for coarse-grained soils like gravels, sands, silty/clayey gravels and sands. It also defines fine-grained soil types including inorganic and organic silts and clays that vary in plasticity. A plasticity chart is provided to help distinguish between soil types based on their liquid limit and plasticity index values.

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    The document describes the Unified Soil Classification System which categorizes soils based on their grain size and plasticity characteristics. It defines soil types for coarse-grained soils like gravels, sands, silty/clayey gravels and sands. It also defines fine-grained soil types including inorganic and organic silts and clays that vary in plasticity. A plasticity chart is provided to help distinguish between soil types based on their liquid limit and plasticity index values.

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    The document describes the Unified Soil Classification System which categorizes soils based on their grain size and plasticity characteristics. It defines soil types for coarse-grained soils like gravels, sands, silty/clayey gravels and sands. It also defines fine-grained soil types including inorganic and organic silts and clays that vary in plasticity. A plasticity chart is provided to help distinguish between soil types based on their liquid limit and plasticity index values.

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    The document describes the Unified Soil Classification System which categorizes soils based on their grain size and plasticity characteristics. It defines soil types for coarse-grained soils like gravels, sands, silty/clayey gravels and sands. It also defines fine-grained soil types including inorganic and organic silts and clays that vary in plasticity. A plasticity chart is provided to help distinguish between soil types based on their liquid limit and plasticity index values.

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    UNIFIED SOIL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM

    UNIFIED SOIL CLASSIFICATION AND SYMBOL CHART


    COARSE-GRAINED SOILS (more than 50% of material is larger than No. 200 sieve size.) Clean Gravels (Less than 5% fines) GW GRAVELS More than 50% of coarse fraction larger than No. 4 sieve size GP Well-graded gravels, gravel-sand mixtures, little or no fines Poorly-graded gravels, gravel-sand mixtures, little or no fines GW GP

    LABORATORY CLASSIFICATION CRITERIA

    Cu =

    D 60 D 10

    greater than 4; Cc =

    D 30 D10 x D60

    between 1 and 3

    Not meeting all gradation requirements for GW

    Gravels with fines (More than 12% fines) GM GC Silty gravels, gravel-sand-silt mixtures Clayey gravels, gravel-sand-clay mixtures Well-graded sands, gravelly sands, little or no fines Poorly graded sands, gravelly sands, little or no fines GM GC Atterberg limits below "A" line or P.I. less than 4 Atterberg limits above "A" line with P.I. greater than 7 Above "A" line with P.I. between 4 and 7 are borderline cases requiring use of dual symbols

    Clean Sands (Less than 5% fines) SW SANDS 50% or more of coarse fraction smaller than No. 4 sieve size SP SW

    Cu =

    D 60 D 10

    greater than 4; Cc =

    D 30 D10 x D60

    between 1 and 3

    SP

    Not meeting all gradation requirements for GW Atterberg limits below "A" line or P.I. less than 4 Atterberg limits above "A" line with P.I. greater than 7

    Sands with fines (More than 12% fines) SM SC Silty sands, sand-silt mixtures Clayey sands, sand-clay mixtures SM SC Limits plotting in shaded zone with P.I. between 4 and 7 are borderline cases requiring use of dual symbols.

    FINE-GRAINED SOILS (50% or more of material is smaller than No. 200 sieve size.) ML Inorganic silts and very fine sands, rock flour, silty of clayey fine sands or clayey silts with slight plasticity Inorganic clays of low to medium plasticity, gravelly clays, sandy clays, silty clays, lean clays Organic silts and organic silty clays of low plasticity Inorganic silts, micaceous or diatomaceous fine sandy or silty soils, elastic silts Inorganic clays of high plasticity, fat clays Organic clays of medium to high plasticity, organic silts Peat and other highly organic soils

    SILTS AND CLAYS Liquid limit less than 50%

    Determine percentages of sand and gravel from grain-size curve. Depending on percentage of fines (fraction smaller than No. 200 sieve size), coarse-grained soils are classified as follows: Less than 5 percent GW, GP, SW, SP More than 12 percent GM, GC, SM, SC 5 to 12 percent Borderline cases requiring dual symbols

    CL

    PLASTICITY CHART
    60

    OL

    PLASTICITY INDEX (PI) (%)

    50 CH 40 30 CL 20 10
    CL+ML

    SILTS AND CLAYS Liquid limit 50% or greater

    MH

    A LINE: PI = 0.73(LL-20) MH&OH

    CH

    OH
    HIGHLY ORGANIC SOILS

    ML&OL 30 40 50 60 70 LIQUID LIMIT (LL) (%) 80 90 100

    10

    20

    PT

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