Designation:D7263−09StandardTestMethodsforLaboratoryDeterminationofDensity(UnitWeight)ofSoilSpecimens1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD7263;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thesetestmethodsdescribetwowaysofdeterminingthetotal/moistanddrydensities(unitweights)ofintact,disturbed,remolded,andreconstituted(compacted)soilspeci-mens.Density(unitweight)asusedinthisstandardmeansthesameas“bulkdensity”ofsoilasdefinedbytheSoilScienceSocietyofAmerica.Intactspecimensmaybeobtainedfromthin-walledsamplingtubes,blocksamples,orclods.Speci-mensthatareremoldedbydynamicorstaticcompactionproceduresmayalsobemeasuredbythesemethods.Thesemethodsapplytosoilsthatwillretaintheirshapeduringthemeasurementprocessandmayalsoapplytoothermaterialssuchassoil-cement,soil-lime,soil-bentoniteorsolidifiedsoil-bentonite-cementslurries.Itiscommonforthedensity(unitweight)ofspecimensafterremovalfromsamplingtubesandcompactionmoldstobelessthanthevaluebasedontubeormoldvolumes,orofin-situconditions.Thisisduetothespecimenswellingafterremovaloflateralpressures.1.1.1MethodAcoverstheprocedureformeasuringthevolumeofwaxcoatedspecimensbydeterminingthequantityofwaterdisplaced.1.1.1.1Thismethodonlyappliestospecimensinwhichthewaxwillnotpenetratetheoutersurfaceofthespecimen.1.1.2MethodBcoverstheprocedurebymeansofthedirectmeasurementofthedimensionsandmassofaspecimen,usuallyoneofcylindricalshape.Intactandreconstituted/remoldedspecimensmaybetestedbythismethodinconjunc-tionwithstrength,permeability(air/water)andcompressibilitydeterminations.1.2ThevaluesstatedinSIunitsaretoberegardedasthestandard.Thevaluesstatedininch-poundunitsareapproxi-mate.1.3AllobservedandcalculatedvaluesshallconformtotheguidelinesforsignificantdigitsandroundingestablishedinPracticeD6026.1.3.1Themethodusedtospe...
