EBK MATERIALS FOR CIVIL AND CONSTRUCTIO
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Author: ZANIEWSKI
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 6, Problem 6.8QP
Define
a. interlayer hydration space
b. capillary voids
c. entrained air
d. entrapped air
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