Question: A sample of saturated silt is 10 cm in diameter and 2.5 cm thick. Its void ratio in this state is 1.35, and the specific

A sample of saturated silt is 10 cm in diameter and 2.5 cm thick. Its void ratio in this state is 1.35, and the specific gravity of solids is 2.70. The sample is compressed to a 2-cm thickness without a change in diameter.

(a) Find the density of the silt sample, in prior to being compressed.

(b) Find the void ratio after compression and the change in water content that occurred from initial to final state.?

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