1. A SATURATED SOIL HAS THE FOLLOWING CHARACTERISTICS: INITIAL VOLUME = 19.65 CC., FINAL VOLUME = 13.5 CC., MASS OF WET SOIL 36 G., AND MASS OF DRY SOIL = 25 G. DETERMINE THE (A) SHRINKAGE LIMIT, AND (B) SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF SOIL SOLIDS.

1. A SATURATED SOIL HAS THE FOLLOWING CHARACTERISTICS: INITIAL VOLUME = 19.65 CC., FINAL VOLUME = 13.5 CC., MASS OF WET SOIL 36 G., AND MASS OF DRY SOIL = 25 G. DETERMINE THE (A) SHRINKAGE LIMIT, AND (B) SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF SOIL SOLIDS.

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VOLUME = 19.65 CC., FINAL VOLUME = 13.5 CC., MASS OF WET SOIL
= 36 G., AND MASS OF DRY SOIL = 25 G. DETERMINE THE (A)
SHRINKAGE LIMIT, AND (B) SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF SOIL SOLIDS.

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