Question: In this example, the particle size distribution for a soil is determined using sieve analysis. The data is reported in the table below, please calculate
In this example, the particle size distribution for a soil is determined using sieve analysis. The data is reported in the table below, please calculate the total mass of sample analyzed (sum of all masses of soil in column 3), mass retained on each sieve (as percent of total mass), the cumulative percentage retained (sum of percentage retained), and the percentage finer (100 - sum of percentage cumulative retained).
| Sieve number | sieve opening (mm) | Mass os soil retained in each sieve (g) | massretainedoneach(as%) | Cumulativemassretained(%) | %finer |
| 4 | 4.750 | 0 | |||
| 10 | 2.000 | 27.50 | |||
| 20 | 0.841 | 41.25 | |||
| 40 | 0.400 | 61.19 | |||
| 60 | 0.250 | 96.25 | |||
| 80 | 0.177 | 83.88 | |||
| 100 | 0.149 | 144.38 | |||
| 200 | 0.074 | 38.50 | |||
| Pan | NA | 8.25 | |||
| Total | |||||
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