CMT LABS is capable of performing the following tests using the latest equipment (Please note that these tests are not covered by our NATA Scope of Accreditation).
SOIL TESTING
Sampling and preparation of soils
| AS 1289.1.1 | Preparation of disturbed soil samples for testing |
| AS 1289.1.2.1 | Disturbed samples – Standard method |
| AS 1289.1.4.1 | Site selection by random number method |
| AS 1289.1.4.2 | Site selection by stratified random number method |
Soil moisture content tests
| AS 1289.2.1.1 | Moisture content (oven drying) |
| AS 1289.2.1.4 | Microwave-oven drying method (subsidiary method) |
| AS 1289.2.3.1 | Establishment of correlation – Subsidiary method and the standard method |
Soil classification tests
| AS 1289.3.1.1 | Liquid limit (Four point casagrande) |
| AS 1289.3.1.2 | Liquid limit (One point casagrande) |
| AS 1289.3.2.1 | Plastic limit – Standard method |
| AS 1289.3.3.1 | Plasticity index – Calculation |
| AS 1289.3.3.2 | Cone plasticity index – Calculation |
| AS 1289.3.4.1 | Linear shrinkage |
| AS 1289.3.5.1 | Particle density – Standard Method |
| AS 1289.3.5.2 | Particle density of combined soil fractions-vacuum pycnometer method |
| AS 1289.3.6.1 | Particle size distribution by sieving |
| AS 1289.3.6.3 | Particle size distribution – Hydrometer |
| AS 1289.3.7.1 | Sand equivalent of soil |
| AS 1289.3.8.1 | Emerson class number |
| AS 1289.3.8.2 | Percent dispersion |
| AS 1289.3.9.1 | Cone liquid limit of a soil |
Soil compaction and density tests
| AS 1289.5.1.1 | Dry density/moisture content relation – Standard |
| AS 1289.5.2.1 | Dry density/moisture content relation – Modified |
| AS 1289.5.3.1 | Field density of a soil – Sand replacement |
| AS 1289.5.4.1 | Dry density ratio, moisture variation and moisture ratio |
| AS 1289.5.4.2 | Assignment of OMC and MDD |
| AS 1289.5.7.1 | Compaction control – Hilf method |
Soil strength and consolidation tests
| AS 1289.6.1.1 | CBR – Remoulded specimens |
| AS 1289.6.1.2 | CBR – Undisturbed specimens |
| AS 1289.6.3.2 | Dynamic Cone Penetrometer test (DCP) |
| AS 1289.7.1.1 | Shrink swell index |
| AS 1289.7.1.3 | Core shrinkage index |
