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Q.2) What are the six categories of soil types identified in the ASTM
classification system?
system.
water.
Q.5) Can you remove the adsorbed water by oven drying at 105°C?
Explain.
Ans. Soils which may appear dry have 2 to 5 percent water content.
have been transported and worn by streams and any loads or other
action on the soil will cause no appreciable change, even over long
period of time. Also, we can check the color of the soil to check if it
is already dry. A dry sample has a lighter color than wet ones.
the open air for a long time before measuring its dry weight?
leave an oven-dried sample in the open air for a long time because
the soil sample will acquire some moisture that already exist in the
Ans. Besides oven drying, there are many other procedures used to
determine the water content in soil. There are direct methods such as;
●calcium chloride
●tensiometer
●gypsum blocks
Q.9) Soil must be baked in an oven to drive off the moisture during a
laboratory procedure?
mixtures.
factors of soil.
that it will give a constant weight of the dry sample which is used in
Ans. Microwave drying can be used to dry soil faster compare to the
conventional oven drying. But the change in the plasticity and the
Q.13) What is the function of the container lid and dessicator when
If the dry samples can’’t be weighed right away, the container lid
afterwards.