a. Clay has a liquid limit of 52% and shrinkage limit of 17%. If a sp…
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Question
a. Clay has a liquid limit of 52% and shrinkage limit of 17%. If a specimen of this soil shrinks from a volume of $10000\text{ mm}^3$ at liquid limit to $6010\text{ mm}^3$ at shrinkage limit determine the specific gravity of soil grains.
b. Differentiate between:
1. Liquidity index and consistency index
2. Flow index and toughness index.
- Year: 2022
- Subject: Geotechnical Engineering