ASTM D7263-21
Standard Test Methods for Laboratory Determination of Density and Unit Weight of Soil Specimens

Standard No.

ASTM D7263-21

Release Date

2021

Published By

American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)

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ASTM D7263-21

Scope

1.1?These test methods describe two ways of determining the total/moist/bulk density, dry density, and dry unit weight of intact, disturbed, remolded, and reconstituted (compacted) soil specimens (Note 1). Intact specimens may be obtained from thin-walled sampling tubes, block s

ASTM D7263-21 Referenced Document

• ASTM D1557 Standard Test Methods for Laboratory Compaction Characteristics of Soil Using Modified Effort (56,000 ft-lbf/ft³ (2,700 kN-m/m³))
• ASTM D1587/D1587M Standard Practice for Thin-Walled Tube Sampling of Fine-Grained Soils for Geotechnical Purposes*， 2024-04-21 Update
• ASTM D2216 Standard Test Method for Laboratory Determination of Water (Moisture) Content of Soil and Rock by Mass
• ASTM D2487 Standard Test Method for Classification Of Soils For Engineering Purposes
• ASTM D2488 Recommended Practice for Description Of Soils (Visual-Manual Procedure)
• ASTM D3740 Standard Practice for Minimum Requirements for Agencies Engaged in the Testing and/or Inspection of Soil and Rock as Used in Engineering Design and Construction
• ASTM D4220/D4220M Standard Practices for Preserving and Transporting Soil Samples*， 2024-04-21 Update
• ASTM D4753 Standard Specification for Evaluating, Selecting, and Specifying Balances and Scales for Use in Soil, Rock, and Construction Materials Testing
• ASTM D4943 Standard Test Method for Shrinkage Factors of Soils by the Wax Method
• ASTM D6026 Standard Practice for Using Significant Digits in Geotechnical Data
• ASTM D653 Standard Terminology Relating to Soil, Rock, and Contained Fluids
• ASTM D698 Standard Test Methods for Laboratory Compaction Characteristics of Soil Using Standard Effort (12 400 ft-lbf/ft³ (600 kN-m/m³))*， 2024-04-21 Update
• ASTM D7015/D7015M Standard Practices for Obtaining Intact Block (Cubical and Cylindrical) Samples of Soils
• ASTM D854 Standard Test Methods for Specific Gravity of Soil Solids by the Water Displacement Method*， 2023-11-01 Update

ASTM D7263-21 history

• 2021 ASTM D7263-21 Standard Test Methods for Laboratory Determination of Density and Unit Weight of Soil Specimens
• 2018 ASTM D7263-09(2018)e2 Standard Test Methods for Laboratory Determination of Density (Unit Weight) of Soil Specimens
• 2018 ASTM D7263-09(2018)e1 Standard Test Methods for Laboratory Determination of Density (Unit Weight) of Soil Specimens
• 2018 ASTM D7263-09(2018) Standard Test Methods for Laboratory Determination of Density (Unit Weight) of Soil Specimens
• 2009 ASTM D7263-09 Standard Test Methods for Laboratory Determination of Density (Unit Weight) of Soil Specimens