A mixture contains 28% by dry weight fines and 72% coarse. When the coarse material has w
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A mixture contains 28% by dry weight fines and 72% coarse. When the coarse material has w = 3%, its affinity for water is completely satisfied. The fines have a PL = 22 and an LL = 34. This mixture is compacted by rolling to ρd = 128 pcf and w = 13%. What is the water content of the fines in the compacted mass? What is the liquidity index of the fines in the compacted mass? (After C.W. Lovell)?
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