ASTM_D_653_-_21b.pdf

Designation:D65321bStandard Terminology Relating toSoil,Rock,and Contained Fluids1This standard is issued under the fixed designation D653;the number immediately following the designation indicates the year oforiginal adoption or,in the case of revision,the year of last revision.A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.Asuperscript epsilon()indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.This standard has been approved for use by agencies of the U.S.Department of Defense.These definitions were prepared jointly by the American Society of Civil Engineers and the American Society for Testing andMaterials.1.Scope*1.1 These definitions apply to many terms found in theTerminology section of standards of ASTM Committee D18.1.2 This terminology standard defines terms related to soil,rock,and contained fluids found in the various sections ofstandards under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D18.1.3 Definitions of terms relating to frozen soils are con-tained in Terminology D7099.1.4 This international standard was developed in accor-dance with internationally recognized principles on standard-ization established in the Decision on Principles for theDevelopment of International Standards,Guides and Recom-mendations issued by the World Trade Organization TechnicalBarriers to Trade(TBT)Committee.2.Referenced Documents2.1 ASTM Standards:2C143/C143M Test Method for Slump of Hydraulic-CementConcreteC150/C150M Specification for Portland CementC802 Practice for Conducting an Interlaboratory Test Pro-gram to Determine the Precision of Test Methods forConstruction MaterialsD558/D558M Test Methods for Moisture-Density(UnitWeight)Relations of Soil-Cement MixturesD698 Test Methods for Laboratory Compaction Character-istics of Soil Using Standard Effort(12,400 ft-lbf/ft3(600kN-m/m3)D854 Test Methods for Specific Gravity of Soil Solids byWater PycnometerD1557 Test Methods for Laboratory Compaction Character-istics of Soil Using Modified Effort(56,000 ft-lbf/ft3(2,700 kN-m/m3)D1586/D1586M Test Method for Standard Penetration Test(SPT)and Split-Barrel Sampling of SoilsD1883 Test Method for California Bearing Ratio(CBR)ofLaboratory-Compacted SoilsD2166/D2166M Test Method for Unconfined CompressiveStrength of Cohesive SoilD2419 Test Method for Sand Equivalent Value of Soils andFine AggregateD2435/D2435M Test Methods for One-Dimensional Con-solidation Properties of Soils Using Incremental LoadingD2487 Practice for Classification of Soils for EngineeringPurposes(Unified Soil Classification System)D2488 Practice for Description and Identification of Soils(Visual-Manual Procedures)D3282 Practice for Classification of Soils and Soil-Aggregate Mixtures for Highway Construction PurposesD4043 Guide for Selection of Aquifer Test Method inDetermining Hydraulic Properties by Well TechniquesD4044/D4044M Test Method for(Field Procedure)for In-stantaneous Change in Head(Slug)Tests for DeterminingHydraulic Properties of AquifersD4050 Test Method for(Field Procedure)for Withdrawaland Injection Well Testing for Determining HydraulicProperties of Aquifer SystemsD4104/D4104M Practice for(Analytical Procedures)Deter-mining Transmissivity of Nonleaky Confined Aquifers byOverdamped Well Response to Instantaneous Change inHead(Slug Tests)D4105/D4105M Practice for(Analytical Procedure)for De-termining Transmissivity and Storage Coefficient of Non-leaky Confined Aquifers by the Modified Theis Nonequi-librium MethodD4106 Practice for(Analytical Procedure)for DeterminingTransmissivity and Storage Coefficient of Nonleaky Con-fined Aquifers by the Theis Nonequilibrium MethodD4186/D4186M Test Method for One-Dimensional Consoli-dation Properties of Saturated Cohesive Soils UsingControlled-Strain Loading1This terminology is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D18 on Soiland Rock and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee D18.93 on Terminologyfor Soil,Rock and Contained Fluids.Current edition approved Nov.1,2021.Published November 2021.Originallyapproved in 1942.Last previous edition approved in 2021 as D65321a.DOI:10.1520/D0653-21B.2For referenced ASTM standards,visit the ASTM website,www.astm.org,orcontact ASTM Customer Service at serviceastm.org.For Annual Book of ASTMStandards volume information,refer to the standards Document Summary page onthe ASTM website.*A Summary of Changes section appears at the end of this standardCopyright ASTM International,100 Barr Harbor Drive,PO Box C700,West Conshohocken,PA 19428-2959.United StatesThis international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for theDevelopment of International Standards,Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade(TBT)Committee.1D4253 Test Methods for Maximum Index Density and UnitWeight of Soils Using a Vibratory TableD4254 Test Methods for Minimum Index Density and UnitWeight of Soils and Calculation o