A sample of clay was coated with paraffin wax and its mass, including the mass of wax, was found to be 697.5g. The sample was immersed in water and the volume of the water displaced was found to be 355 mL. The mass of the sample without the wax was 690g and the water content of the representative specimen was 18%. If specific gravity of soil solids and the wax is 2.7 and 0.89 respectively, solve for the degree of saturation.

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Fluid Materials

In general terms, anything that flows can be termed as a fluid. In other words, a fluid is any substance that cannot resist shear forces and deforms continuously under the application of external shear forces. Fluid materials differ completely from solid materials such as metals and alloys. For instance, if we consider two infinitesimally small cross-sectional areas of fluid materials and solid materials, and apply shear forces to these elements, both the elements will undergo deformation. Upon releasing the shear force, the element of the solid materials will regain its original orientation, but the element of the fluid materials will keep on deforming continuously under the action of the shear force.