IS 9198 : 1979 Specification for compaction rammer for soil testing

1 Scope

1.1 This standard covers the requirements of compaction rammerboth for light and heavy compaction used for the determination ofthe water content dry density relation of soils.

2 References

IS 2 :1960Rules for rounding off numerical values

IS 226 :1975Specification for structural steel standardquality

IS 2102 :1969Specification for allowable deviations for dimensionswithout specified tolerances

IS 2720 : Part VII :1974 Methods of test for soils: Part VIIDetermination of water content: dry densityrelation using light compaction

IS 2720 : Part VIII :1974 Methods of test for soils: Part VIIIDetermination of water content: dry densityrelation using heavy compaction

IS 4170 :1967Specification for brass rods for generalengineering purposes

IS 5382 :1969Specification for rubber sealing rings forgas mains, water mains and sewers