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EMI Geotechnical - How to use a wash sieve.

If your soil has a significant percent of fine-grained soils (over 10%), it is often
necessary to “wash” the soil first. The wash sieve test utilizes a larger, reinforced No.
200 sieve to determine the percentage of fine-grained soils and coarse-grained soil. This is a part of the EMI GeoTech Design Guide Series.