Plastic limit definition
Plastic limit means the water content where soil transitions between brittle and plastic behavior characterized by the point at which a thread of soil begins to crumble when rolled between hands to a diameter of one-eighth inch.
Plastic limit means the moisture content at which a soil changes from a semisolid to plastic.
Plastic limit means the water content expressed as a percentage of the dry weight of soil at which the soil mass ceases to be plastic and becomes brittle.
Examples of Plastic limit in a sentence
Plastic limit is the lowest percentage of water that will allow rolling a sample to one- eighth-inch diameter without crumbling.
More Definitions of Plastic limit
Plastic limit means the water content where soil transitions between brittle and plastic behavior characterized by the point at which a thread of soil begins to crumble when rolled between hands to a diameter of one-eighth inch.expressed as a percentage of the dry weight of soil at which the soil mass ceases to be plastic and becomes brittle.
Plastic limit means the limit of a leaching tile field soil's ability to resist smearing or compaction during leaching trench excavation. A soil exceeds its plastic limit when a soil fragment taken approximately nine (9) inches deep can easily be rolled into a wire or thread.