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A specific soil sample has the saturated unit weight of γsat = 18.9 kN/m3. Its porosity...

A specific soil sample has the saturated unit weight of γsat = 18.9 kN/m3. Its porosity is determined as n = 0.37. Calculated its dry unit weight in kN/m3.

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The dry unit weight comes out to be as 15.27 KN/m3.

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