4- The Atterberg limits for a clay soil used for an earth dam are liquid limit 60%, plastic limit 40%, and shrinkage limit 25%. If a specimen of the soil of volume 10 cm3 at the liquid limit has a volume of 6.5 cm3 when dried, what would be the specific gravity of the soil particles?

4- The Atterberg limits for a clay soil used for an earth dam are liquid limit 60%, plastic limit 40%, and shrinkage limit 25%. If a specimen of the soil of volume 10 cm3 at the liquid limit has a volume of 6.5 cm3 when dried, what would be the specific gravity of the soil particles?

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4- The Atterberg limits for a clay soil used for an earth dam
are liquid limit 60%, plastic limit 40%, and shrinkage limit
25%. If a specimen of the soil of volume 10 cm3 at the liquid
limit has a volume of 6.5 cm3 when dried, what would be the
specific gravity of the soil particles?

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