ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 17892-3 First edition 2015-12-15 Corrected version 2015-12-15 Geotechnical investigation and testing - Laboratory testing of soil - Part 3: Determination of particle density Reconnaissance et essais géotechniques - Essais de laboratoire sur les sols - Partie 3: Determination de la masse volumique des grains Reference number IS0 17892-3:2015(E) SO International Organization for Standardization @ IS0 2015 HEJIANG INST OF STANDARDIZATION C1 5956617 IS0 17892-3:2015(E) COPYRIGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENT IS02015,PublishedinSwitzerland All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized otherwise in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, or posting on the internet or an intranet, without prior written permission. Permission can be requested from either ISO at the address below or ISO's member body in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office Ch. de Blandonnet 8 . CP 401 CH-1214 Vernier, Geneva, Switzerland Tel. +41 22 749 01 11 Fax+412274909 47 copyright@iso.org www.iso.org Intenationai br Prganization for Standardization icensee-ZHEJIANG INST OF STANDARDIzAoISQ s.5 -All rights reserved vided by IHS unde etworking permitted without license from IHS IS0 17892-3:2015(E) Contents Page Foreword ..iv Introduction. ...vi 1 Scope. 2 Normative references 3 Terms and definitions 4 Apparatus .1 4.1 Calibration requirements. .1 4.2 General .2 4.3 Fluid displacement equipment .2 4.4 Gas displacement equipment 5 Test procedures. ..4 5.1 Fluid pycnometer method 4 5.1.1 General .4 5.1.2 Reference measurements 4 5.1.3 Specimen requirements .4 5.1.4 Test execution .5 5.2 Gas pycnometer method. .6 5.2.1 General. .6 5.2.2 Reference measurements .6 5.2.3 Specimen requirements. 5.2.4 Test execution. .6 6 Test results. .7 6.1 Fluid pycnometer method. 6.1.1 Dry mass of specimen .7 6.1.2 Density of solid particles 6.2 Gas pycnometer method. ..8 6.2.1 Dry mass of specimen ..8 6.2.2 Volume of the specimen ..8 6.2.3 Density of solid particles .9 7 Testreport .9 Annex A (normative) Calibration, maintenance, and checks .10 Bibliography .12 iii ee=ZHEJIANG INSTOFSTANDARDIZATION C15956617 cense with ISO vithoutlicense from IHS Not for Resale, 2016/3/29 03:10:52