Question 1
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Permeability of the soil depends on __________
Explanation: Permeability of soil greatly depends on the specific surface of the soil because of the viscous effects associated with surface characteristics of the grains.
Question 4
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The specific surface of a soil particle will be ___________
Explanation: The electrical force responsible for inter-particle effect is proportional to the specific surface.
Question 5
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Specific surface(SS) can also expressed as ________
Explanation: From the expression, specific surface = surface area of particle/volume of the particle, it can be seen that specific surface is the surface area of a particle.
Question 8
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Specific surface is termed as __________
Explanation: Specific surface is usually defined as the total surface area of the soil particle in a unit mass.
Question 9
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Specific surface of a soil is related with __________
Explanation: As specific surface is associated with surface characteristics of a particle, therefore it is related with physical properties.