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Specific gravity of solids Table 13.1
Densities and
Moisture content, % 2.5 2.6 2.65 2.7 3
moisture contents
0 156.0 162.2 165.4 168.5 187.2 that define zero air
5 138.7 143.6 146.0 148.4 162.8 voids lines from
10 124.8 128.8 130.7 132.7 144.0 eq. (13.1). The upper
15 113.5 116.7 118.3 119.9 129.1 part of the table is in
20 104.0 106.7 108.1 109.4 117.0 lb/ft , the lower part
3
25 96.0 98.3 99.5 100.6 107.0 in kN/m 3
30 89.1 91.1 92.1 93.1 98.5
35 83.2 84.9 85.8 86.6 91.3
40 78.0 79.5 80.3 81.0 85.1
45 73.4 74.8 75.4 76.1 79.7
50 69.3 70.5 71.1 71.7 74.9
60 62.4 63.4 63.8 64.3 66.9
70 56.7 57.5 57.9 58.3 60.4
80 52.0 52.7 53.0 53.3 55.1
90 48.0 48.6 48.9 49.1 50.6
100 44.6 45.1 45.3 45.5 46.8

Specific gravity of solids
Moisture content, % 2.5 2.6 2.65 2.7 3

0 24.51 25.49 25.98 26.47 29.41
5 21.78 22.56 22.94 23.32 25.57
10 19.61 20.23 20.54 20.84 22.62
15 17.82 18.34 18.59 18.84 20.28
20 16.34 16.77 16.98 17.19 18.38
25 15.08 15.45 15.63 15.80 16.81
30 14.00 14.32 14.47 14.62 15.48
35 13.07 13.34 13.48 13.61 14.35
40 12.25 12.49 12.61 12.73 13.37
45 11.53 11.75 11.85 11.95 12.51
50 10.89 11.08 11.17 11.26 11.76
60 9.80 9.96 10.03 10.10 10.50
70 8.91 9.04 9.10 9.16 9.49
80 8.17 8.28 8.33 8.38 8.65
90 7.54 7.63 7.67 7.72 7.95
100 7.00 7.08 7.12 7.15 7.35

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