Apparatus Required :-

1. Loading frame of capacity of 2 t, with constant rate of movement. What is the least count of the dial gauge attached to the provingring!

2. Proving ring of 0.01 kg sensitivity for soft soils; 0.05 kg for stiff soils.

3. Soil trimmer.

4. Frictionless end plates of 75 mm diameter (Perspex plate with silicon grease coating).

5. Evaporating dish (Aluminum container).

6. Soil sample of 75 mm length.

7. Dial gauge (0.01 mm accuracy).

8. Balance of capacity 200 g and sensitivity to weigh 0.01g.

9. Oven, thermostatically controlled with interior of non-corroding material to maintain the temperature at the desired level. What is the range of the temperature used for drying the soil!

10.Sample extractor and split sampler.

11. Dial gauge (sensitivity 0.01mm).