Determine the void-ratio and shrinkage limit, Civil Engineering

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An oven-dry soil sample of volume 225 cm3 weighs 3.90 N. If the grain specific gravity is 2.72, determine the void-ratio and shrinkage limit. What will be the water content which will fully saturate the sample and also cause an enhance in volume equal to 8% of the original dry volume?

 


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