A saturated soil sample has a volume of 23 cm3 at liquid limit. The shrinkage limit and liquid limit are 18% and 45% respectively. The specific gravity of solids is 2.7. Determine the minimum volume that can be attained by the soil

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Q: A Sample of moist soil has a water content of 20.0% and the moist unit weight of 21.09 KN/cu.meter.…

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Q: A clay soil is found to have a liquid limit of 75%, a plastic limit of 45% and a shrinkage limit of…

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Q: A soil sample with a grain specific gravity of 2.67 was filled in a 1000 ml container in the loosest…

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Q: A sample of soil in its natural state has a volume of 1.396 m3 and weighs 18.662 kN. The sample was…

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Q: a) A saturated soil element has a specific gravity of 2.65 and water content of 10%. Determine the…

A: Given: a) Specific gravity, Gs = 2.65 Water content, w = 10% Degree of saturation, S = 1   b) Mass…

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Q: sample of silty clay had a volume of 14.ii cm^3, a total mass of 28.81g, a dry mass of 24.83 g, and…

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Weight-Volume relationships

Weight is defined as the quantity of matter contained in a body. Weight can also be defined as the force acting on a body due to gravity. Mathematically, weight can be defined as-