Determine the weight of water (in kN) that must be added to a cubic meter of soil to attain a 95 % degree of saturation, if the dry unit weight is 17.5 kN/nr, its moisture is 4%, the specific gravity of solids is 2.65 and the soil is entirely made up of a clean quartz sand.

Determine the weight of water (in kN) that must be added to a cubic meter of soil to attain a 95 % degree of saturation, if the dry unit weight is 17.5 kN/nr, its moisture is 4%, the specific gravity of solids is 2.65 and the soil is entirely made up of a clean quartz sand.

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degree of saturation, if the dry unit weight is 17.5 kN/nr, its moisture is 4%, the specific gravity of
solids is 2.65 and the soil is entirely made up of a clean quartz sand.

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