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Example 2: The dry density of a sand with porosity of 0.387 is 1600 kg/m3. Find the void ratio of the soil and the specific gravity of the soil solids. [Take ]

  n = 0.387
= 1600 kg/m3

Solution:

(a) e = = = 0.631

(b) =
  
Gs =

 

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