A soil has a liquid limit of 61 and plastic limit of 30. A moisture content test yielded the following results: Mass of soil + can before oven drying = 96.2 g, Mass of soil + can after oven drying = 71.9 g, Mass of can = 20.8 g. Compute the following: (a) liquidity index, b) Consistency index, c)if the clay fraction of clay -20% what is the activity of clay and what is the clay mineral type, d) Shrinkage limit.

A soil has a liquid limit of 61 and plastic limit of 30. A moisture content test yielded the following results: Mass of soil + can before oven drying = 96.2 g, Mass of soil + can after oven drying = 71.9 g, Mass of can = 20.8 g. Compute the following: (a) liquidity index, b) Consistency index, c)if the clay fraction of clay -20% what is the activity of clay and what is the clay mineral type, d) Shrinkage limit.

Principles of Geotechnical Engineering (MindTap Course List)

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Author:Braja M. Das, Khaled Sobhan

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Chapter3: Weight–volume Relationships

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