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6. A soil sample of diameter 37.5 mm and length 75 mm has a wet weight of 1.32 and dry weight of 1.1 N. Determine the degree of saturation, porosity, buik unit weight and dry unit weight.

Principles of Geotechnical Engineering (MindTap Course List)

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Chapter3: Weight–volume Relationships

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