The dimension of the soil sample of a cylindrical shape isprovided in Figure 1. In its natural moist state, the soil samplehas the total weight of 1350 g before the water contentdetermination. The specific gravity, Gs of the soil is given as2.72. The values obtained for the determination of water contentare: The mass of moist soil sample + mass of empty can = 1.415 kg;the mass of fully dry soil sample + mass of empty can = 1.123 kg;the mass of partially dry soil sample + mass of empty can = 1.227kg; the mass of empty can = 0.065 kg. h= 15.8 cm d =8.8 cm
i. Natural moist (bulk) density, Ïb (3%)
ii. The water content, w
iii. Dry density of the soil, Ïd (2%). Kindly note: Use theformula relationship for bulk and dry density
iv. Unit mass of solids, Ïs (2%)
v. The degree of Saturation (2%)
vi. Find the volume of air in the soil (2%)
vii. The void ratio, e and porosity, n (4%)
viii. How much water in grams is required to make the soil fullysaturated, if it were partially saturated? (3%)
ix. Draw the phase diagram of the soil sample and indicate ifthe soil is fully saturated, partially saturated or dry? Pleasenote that you must show all the mass-volume relationship with theirvalues provided for (5%
