A soil engineer collects a sample of soil having moist unit weight of a soil is 25 kN/m3, water content available is 50% and the specific gravity of soil solid is 2.55. Then, what is the value of porosity of soil mass?Assume unit weight of water to be 9.81 kN/m3

A soil engineer collects a sample of soil having moist unit weight of

1.	A soil engineer collects a sample of soil having moist unit weight of a soil is 25 kN/m3, water content available is 50% and the specific gravity of soil solid is 2.55. Then, what is the value of porosity of soil mass?Assume unit weight of water to be 9.81 kN/m3
A.	66%
B.	33%
C.	30%
D.	40%
Answer» C. 30%

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A soil engineer collects a sample of soil having moist unit weight of a soil is 25 kN/m3, water content available is 50% and the specific gravity of soil solid is 2.55. Then, what is the value of porosity of soil mass?Assume unit weight of water to be 9.81 kN/m3

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