A sample of dry soil is coated with a thin layer of paraffin and has mass of 460 g. It displaced 300 cc of water when immersed in it. The paraffin is peeled off and its mass was found to be 9 g. If

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A sample of dry soil is coated with a thin layer of
paraffin and has mass of 460 g. It displaced 300
cc of water when immersed in it. The paraffin is
peeled off and its mass was found to be 9 g. If
the specific gravity of soil solids and paraffin are
2.65 and 0.9 respectively, the voids ratio of soil
is nearly
Transcribed Image Text:A sample of dry soil is coated with a thin layer of paraffin and has mass of 460 g. It displaced 300 cc of water when immersed in it. The paraffin is peeled off and its mass was found to be 9 g. If the specific gravity of soil solids and paraffin are 2.65 and 0.9 respectively, the voids ratio of soil is nearly
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