ASTM D 4718 - 87 (Reapproved 2007) Standard Practice for Correction of Unit Weight and Water Content for Soils Containing Oversize Particles

American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM). Current edition approved Sept. 1, 2007. Published September 2007. 3 p. This practice presents a procedure for calculating the unit weights and water contents of soils containing oversize particles when the data are known for the soil fraction with the oversize particles removed.
The practice also can be used to calculate the unit weights and water contents of soil fractions when the data are known for the total soil sample containing oversize particles.