METHOD A1 THE WET PREPARATION AND SIEVE …
the soil fines portion, i.e. the material passing the 0,425 mm sieve, from the coarser portion as well as the sieve analysis of the coarser portion. The soil fines are required for the mechanical analysis and for the determination of the Atterberg constants and the linear shrinkage. 2 APPARATUS 2.1 A riffler with 25,0 mm openings.