Soils and Base Materials

A Comprehensive List of ASTM and Tex Methods for Testing Soil Properties, including Preparation, Moisture-Density Relationship, Particle Size Analysis, Stabilization Ability, pH, Resistivity, Compression Test, Triaxial Test, Gradation, Shrinkage, Pavement Thickness, Classification, Description, and Density Determination.

  • Dry Preparation of Soils, ASTM D421 and Tex-100-E
  • Preparing Soil & Flexible Base Materials for Testing, Tex-101-E
  • Wet Preparation of Soil, ASTM D2217
  • Moisture-Density Relationship (Standard Effort), ASTM D698
  • Moisture-Density Relationship (Modified Effort), ASTM D1557
  • Moisture-Density Relationship, Tex-113-E
  • Moisture-Density Relationship, Tex-114-E
  • Materials finer than 0.075 mm Sieve by Washing, ASTM D1140 and Tex-111-E
  • Moisture Content of Soils, ASTM D2216 and Tex-103-E
  • Liquid Limit, Plastic Limit and Plasticity Index, ASTM D4318 and Tex-104-E, Tex-105-E, Tex-106-E
  • In-Place Density and Water Content by Nuclear Methods, ASTM D6938 and Tex-115-E
  • Laboratory Classification of Soils, ASTM D2487
  • Particle Size Analysis, ASTM D422 and Tex-110-E
  • Shrinkage Factors of Soils, ASTMD427
  • Specific Gravity of Soils, ASTM D854, AASHTO T100
  • California Bearing Ratio, ASTM D1883
  • Stabilization Ability of Lime, ASTM C977 Appendix
  • Soil-Lime Testing, Tex-121-E
  • Determining Soil pH, Tex-128-E
  • Measuring the Resistivity of Soil Materials, Tex-129-E
  • Unconfined Compression Test, ASTM D2166 and D2938
  • Texas Triaxial Test, Tex-117-E
  • Wet Ball Mill, Tex-116-E
  • Pulverization Gradation, Tex-101-E, part III
  • Bar Linear Shrinkage, Tex-107-E
  • Thickness of Pavement Layer, Tex-140-E
  • Classification of Soils for Engineering Purposes, ASTM D2487, Tex-142-E
  • Description and Identification of Soils, ASTM D2488, Tex-141-E
  • Density and Unit Weight of Soil in place by Sand Cone Method, ASTM D1556
  • Texas Cone Penetration, Tex-132-E
  • Sulfate Content in Soils- Colorimetric Method, Tex-145-E
  • Organic Soil Content using UV-VIS Method, Tex-148-E