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Classification &
Description Data
(What you Need to Know,
Especially for Risk
Assessment and Modeling)
VAP Spring 2015
Certified Professional Coffee
GRAVEL
75 mm
SAND
2.00 mm
SILT
CLAY
0.050 mm 0.002 mm
Smooth
Poorly Graded
(Well Sorted)
Well-Graded Gravel
with Silt (GW-GM)
Well-Graded Gravel
with Clay (GW-GC)
Well-Graded Sand
with Silt (SW-SM)
Well-Graded Sand
with Clay (SW-SC)
SAND
SILT
CLAY
ATTERBERG LIMIT
GRAVEL
SAND
SILT and CLAY
75 mm 4.75 mm 0.074 mm (#200 sieve)
SAND
SILT
CLAY
ATTERBERG LIMIT
GRAVEL
SAND
SILT and CLAY
75 mm 4.75 mm 0.074 mm (#200 sieve)
SAND
SILT
CLAY
ATTERBERG LIMIT
GRAVEL
SAND
SILT and CLAY
75 mm 4.75 mm 0.074 mm (#200 sieve)
Atterberg
Limits
USDA Must
Haves
Sieve Sizes
#10 (gravel/sand)
Hydrometer
0.05 mm fraction
(sand/silt)
0.002 mm fraction
(silt /clay)
USDA Options
Sieve Sizes
Sieve Sizes
Hydrometer
0.005 mm or 0.002
mm fractions (clay)
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