SHRINKAGE LIMIT SET:

AS PER IS: 2720 (Part - Vll) ASTM D 427, BS: 1377, AASHO T 92.

Introduction:

• Shrinkage Limit is the maximum water content at which a reduction in water content does not cause an appreciable reduction in volume of the soil mass.
• At shrinkage limit, on further reduction in water, air enters into the voids of soils and thus keeps the volume constant.
• The apparatus can be used to determine shrinkage limit and to calculate other shrinkage factors like shrinkage ratio, shrinkage index and volumetric shrinkage.

General Description and Specifications: Set consists of one each:-

• Porcelain evaporating Dish
• Shrinkage Dish
• Glass Cup
• Perspex Plate with three metal prongs
• Perspex plate,
• Flexible spatula
• Glass cylinder 25 ml x 0.5 ml, supplied without mercury.

Optional accessories at extra: Mercury in bottle of 500 gms.