A carefully-weighed 51.3 gram soil sample was dispersed for particle-size analysis using the Bouyoucos hydrometer method. The laboratory was held at a constant temperature of 20 C (68 F). For the soil to have 47 % clay-sized particles in this sample, the 8 hour hydrometer reading would have to be:
A carefully-weighed 51.3 gram soil sample was dispersed for particle-size analysis using the Bouyoucos hydrometer method. The laboratory was held at a constant temperature of 20 C (68 F). For the soil to have 47 % clay-sized particles in this sample, the 8 hour hydrometer reading would have to be:
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![A carefully-weighed 51.3 gram soil sample was dispersed for particle-size analysis
using the Bouyoucos hydrometer method. The laboratory was held at a constant
temperature of 20 C (68 F). For the soil to have 47 % clay-sized particles in this
sample, the 8 hour hydrometer reading would have to be:
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using the Bouyoucos hydrometer method. The laboratory was held at a constant
temperature of 20 C (68 F). For the soil to have 47 % clay-sized particles in this
sample, the 8 hour hydrometer reading would have to be:
Your Answer:
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