SOILS TESTS
PERFORMED BY ETTL's CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS
ENGINEERING (CME) GROUP IN CONFORMANCE WITH TxDOT PROCEDURE
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See bottom of table for typical relevant ASTM tests also performed by ETTL

Tex-100-E Preparation of Soil and Flexible Base Materials for Testing
Tex-103-E Moisture Content in Soils
Tex-104-E Determination of Liquid Limit of Soils
Tex-105-E Determination of Plastic Limit of Soils
Tex-106-E Method of Calculating the Plasticity Index of Soils
Tex-107-E Bar Linear Shrinkage of Soils
Tex-108-E Determination of Specific Gravity of Soils
Tex-110-E Determination of Particle Size Analysis of Soils
Tex-111-E Determination of Amount of Material in Soils Finer than the 75 um (No. 200) Sieve
Tex-113-E

Laboratory Compaction Characteristics and Moisture-Density Relationship of Base Materials and Cohesionless Sand

Tex-114-E Laboratory Compaction Characteristics and Moisture-Density Relationship of Subgrade and Embankment Soil
Tex-115-E Field Method for Determination of In-Place Density of Soils and Base Materials
Tex-116-E Ball Mill Method for Determination of Disintegration of Flexible Base Material
Tex-117-E Triaxial Compression Tests for Disturbed Soils and Base Materials
Tex-118-E Triaxial Compression Test for Undisturbed Soils
Tex-120-E Soil-Cement Testing
Tex-121-E Soil-Lime Testing
Tex-124-E Potential Vertical Rise
Tex-128-E Soil pH
Tex-129-E Soil Resistivity
Tex-131-E Consolidated Undrained Triaxial Compression Test for Undisturbed Soils
Tex-132-E Texas Cone Penetration Test
Tex-141-E Visual-Manual Procedure for Description and Identification of Soils
Tex-142-E Laboratory Classification of Soils for Engineering Purposes
Tex-620-J Chloride and Sulfate Content
BELOW: TYPICAL RELEVANT ASTM TESTS ALSO PERFORMED BY ETTL
ASTM D1883 California Bearing Ratio (CBR)
ASTM D2166 Unconfined Compressive Strength of Cohesive Soil
ASTM D2434 Permeability (Constant Head)
ASTM D2435 One-Dimensional Consolidation Properties of Soil
ASTM D3080 Direct Shear Test of Soils under Consolidated Drained Conditions
ASTM D4546 One-Dimensional Swell or Settlement Potential of Cohesive Soils
ASTM D4767 Consolidated Undrained Triaxial Compression Test of Cohesive
Soils with or without Pore Pressure Measurement
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