Question

The specific gravity of a soil is the ratio of weight of soil solids to that of water at a temperature of

Answer 1

The void ratio of clay soil is 0.5 and the degree of saturation is 70%. Assuming the density of the solids is 2750 kg/m3, compute (a) the water content and (b) dry and wet densitiies. The volume of water in a sample of moist soil is 0.056 m3. The volume of solids Vs is 0.28 m3.