A soil sample in its undisturbed state was found to have volume of 105 cm³ and mass of 201g. After oven drying the mass got reduced to 168g. Compute (i) water content, (ii) void ratio, (iii) porosity (iv) degree of saturation and (v) air content. Take G=2.7.

A soil sample in its undisturbed state was found to have volume of 105 cm³ and mass of 201g. After oven drying the mass got reduced to 168g. Compute (i) water content, (ii) void ratio, (iii) porosity (iv) degree of saturation and (v) air content. Take G=2.7.

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A soil sample in its undisturbed state was found to have volume of 105 cm³ and mass of 201g.
After oven drying the mass got reduced to 168g. Compute (i) water content, (ii) void ratio, (iii)
porosity (iv) degree of saturation and (v) air content. Take G = 2.7.

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