Classify the soil according to ASTM-CS
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Classify the soil according to ASTM-CS

Transcribed Image Text:Q2 The figure below gives the grain-size distribution of two soils.
100
80
Soil A
Soil B
40
20
0 +
1.0
0.1
0.01
0.001
Particle diameter (mm)-log scale
The liquid and plastic limits of minus No. 40 sieve fraction of the soils are as follows:
Soil A
Soil B
Liquid limit
30
26
Plastic limit
22
20
Percent finer
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