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Rock Swell Test by the Hennke Method ISRM

Rock Testing

Item UKAS Description £ Unit
12.21   Determination of Abrasion Value (AV) NTNU
 
215.00
9   Determination of direct shear strength by hoek shearbox
 
295.00 per set of 3
12.01   Determination of moisture content of a Rock Specimen.
ISRM / BS 1377/2/3.3 2/2 
3.60 per test
12.00   Determination of Point Load Value
 
3.50
12.17   Determination of Saturation Moisture Content of Chalk.
ISRM / BS 1377/2/3.3 BS 1377/2/3.3 
20.00 per test
12.10   Determination of the Cerchar abrasivity value per set of four values.
 
70.00 per set
12.13   Determination of the indirect tensile strength by the Brazil method.
ISRM / BS 1377/2/3.3 2/8 
35.00 per test
12.02   Determination of the Point Load Index Axial & Diametrical
 
7.00 per core
12.04   Determination of the porosity and density using saturation and buoyancy techniques.
ISRM / BS 1377/2/3.3 2/2 
20.00 per test
12.03   Determination of the porosity and density using saturation and calliper techniques.
ISRM / BS 1377/2/3.3 2/2 
8.00 per test
12.09   Determination of the Shore Schleroscope hardness - per 20 No. determinations.
ISRM / BS 1377/2/3.3 2/5 
55.00 per test
12.08   Determination of the slake durability index, two cycles.
ISRM / BS 1377/2/3.3 2/2 
25.00 per test
12.05   Determination of the swelling pressure index under conditions of zero volume change.
ISRM / BS 1377/2/3.3 2/2 
60.00 per test
12.13a   Extra over item 12.13 for sample preparation.
 
6.00 per sample
12.06a   Extra over items 12.06 specimen preparation.
 
12.50 per sample
12.20   Extrude Split, Photograph and Describe
 
12.18a   Major Element Analysis fused bead
 
75.00 sample
12.06   Part 1 - SM for Determination of the Uniaxial Compressive Strength of Rock Materials
 
39.00
12.14   Petrographic analysis by optical microscopy: preparation of thin section, composition by modal analysis (grains, cement, pores), petrographic description including pore size measurement, annotated photomicrographs,
 
360.00 per test
12.16   Swelling Test Rocks (Hennke)
 
155.00 1
12.17   X-ray diffraction test Bulk & Clay on Same Sample
 
195.00 1
12.18   X-ray Fluorescence analysis Major & Trace Element
 
145.00 per test
12.07   Youngs modulus & possions Ratio including UCS
 
225.00 per test

Testing Carried out in accordance with International Society for Rock Mechanics (ISRM) Standards and other recognised standards

Compressive Strength of Rock cores

  • Diamond core drilling for provision of test cores
  • Density of concrete specimen

Relative density and water absorption

  • Water Content
  • SMC of Rock
  • Specific Gravity
  • Porosity Density
  • Saturation and Caliper
  • Saturation and Buoyancy

UCS

  • On cores up to 112mm

Young's Modulus and Poisson's Ratio

  • Triaxial Compression
  • Drained Triaxial Tests
  • Tensile Test (Brazilian Disk)
  • Hoek Shearbox Test
  • Shore’s Scleroscope
  • Point Load Test

Other

  • Thin Section Analysis
  • X Ray Diffraction
  • Clay mineralogy
  • Petrographic Analysis of Rock
  • Microprobe analysis