Explain the terms void ratio, Civil Engineering

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(a) Distinguish among Black cotton soil and Laterite from an engineering point of view.

(b) Explain the terms 'Void ratio', 'Degree of saturation' and 'Water content', define the engineering significance of verifying these properties.

 

 


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