Define the shrinkage limit and shrinkage ratio, Civil Engineering

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The oven-dry weight of a pat of clay is 1.17 N and the weight of mercury displaced by it is 0.855 N. suppose the specific gravity of solids as 2.71, verify the shrinkage limit and shrinkage ratio. What will be the water content, at which the volume enhances is 10% of the dry volume ?

 


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