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Lecture 05 Plastic Limit of Soil
Lecture 05 Plastic Limit of Soil
Lab
CE 209L
Spring 2020
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Weight of can + wet soil (g) 73.5 72.3 70.6
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LL = 36
PL = 23
PI = LL – PL = 36-23 = 13
• where A = activity.
• C’ is a constant for a given soil.
• Activity is used as an index for identifying the swelling potential of
clay soils.