Water Content of a Soil Sample
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A wet soil sample contains 20 g of water and 100 g of dry solids. What is its gravimetric water content?
- A10%
- B20%
- C50%
- D120%
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Answer: B. 20%
Water content is based on dry solids: w = Mwater/Mdry × 100% = 20/100 × 100% = 20%. Do not divide by the total wet mass.
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