A soil is composed of solids spherical grains of identical specific gravity and diameter between 0.075 mm and 0.0075 mm. If the terminal velocity of the largest particle falling through water without flocculation if 0.5 mm/s, that for the smallest particle would be

A soil is composed of solids spherical grains of identical specific gravity and diameter between 0.075 mm and 0.0075 mm. If the terminal velocity of the largest particle falling through water without flocculation if 0.5 mm/s, that for the smallest particle would be

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