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A soil specimen having a volume of 0.012 m3 has a specific gravity of 2.60. It has a moist mass of 20.6 kg and a dried mass of 16.1 kg. Compute its degree of saturation.

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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Compute its degree of saturation.

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