I have sand sample with wet weight 525 gm and saturation is 50 %. How to get the dry weight of the sample?

CH Charlesbollmann asked on 15 July 2020, 21:16
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You cannot. Here’s why

Let say

Dry weight of soil = X

Weight of water = Y

Wet weight of soil = A = X + Y

X = A - Y

Saturation = (vol. of water/vol. of voids)

Hence, you need one more factor to find vol. of voids to find vol. of water and then weight of dry soil.

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