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Mekhanik [1.2K]
3 years ago
6

The lab technician you recently hired tells you the following: Boss, an undisturbed sample of saturated clayey soil was brought

to me from the Mission Valley site. I measured the mass of the sample to be 600 grams. I then measured the mass of the sample after placing it in the oven for 24 hrs. I found this mass to be 200 grams. Can you help me determine the water content?" Determine the water content.
Engineering
1 answer:
harkovskaia [24]3 years ago
6 0

Answer:

The water of the saturated clayed soil is 66.67 %.

Explanation:

Given;

mass of saturated clayed soil, M_s = 600 g

mass of dry soil sample, M_d = 200 g

mass of water content, M_w = M_s - M_d = 600 g - 200 g = 400 g

The water content is determined as;

M_w(\%)  = \frac{M_s - M_d}{M_s} *100\%\\\\M_w(\%)  = \frac{600-200}{600} *100 \% \\\\M_w(\%)  = 66.67 \%

Therefore, the water of the saturated clayed soil is 66.67 %.

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