Civil Engineering - Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering - Discussion

Discussion Forum : Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering - Section 6 (Q.No. 1)
1.
Pick up the cohesive soil from the following:
Red earth
Clay
Black cotton soil
Compacted ground.
Answer: Option
Explanation:
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Discussion:
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Aksh said:   8 years ago
Clay is the right answer.

Snehal wankhede said:   9 years ago
Black cotton soil is cohesive soil, but clay also cohesive soil. So both are correct.

Keshav said:   9 years ago
Cohesive soil because its liquid limit is more than clay.

Liquid limit of clay - 40% to 150% but LL of black cotton soil is about 400 to 800%.

Uday said:   9 years ago
Generally, the clay is cohesive but hear black cotton soil also cohesive greater than clay.

Vamsi said:   10 years ago
Black cotton soil contain high montmorillonite which has high swell and shinkage character give options black cotton is purely cohesive soil.

Imtiyaz said:   10 years ago
Correct answer is C please confirm right ya wrong.

Bharathi.R said:   1 decade ago
How it is possible black cotton is cohesive soil? The correct answers is clay.


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