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The Water content a sample of Fully Saturated is 3.23% and the specific gravity was found...

The Water content a sample of Fully Saturated is 3.23% and the specific gravity was found to be 2.7 Find: The voids ratio , Bulk density and Dry density.

Given a natural soil sample with   e=0.7 , S=80% , Gs=2.7 , Assume       ъ=10 с| Find: 1. Dry density   2. Bulk density   3. Saturated density 4. Initial W% and W% at Saturation.

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