A saturated 100 cm3 clay sample has a natural water content of 30%. It is found that the shrinkage limit occurs when the water content is 19%. If the specific gravity of the soil is 2.70, compute the shrinkage ratio, the volume of the sample when the water content is 15% and the mass of the dry soil

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Weight-Volume relationships

Weight is defined as the quantity of matter contained in a body. Weight can also be defined as the force acting on a body due to gravity. Mathematically, weight can be defined as-