Tugas Mata Kuliah TL6154 Pencemaran Tanah dan Air Tanah

1. A moist sample of soil in a bottle had a mass of 25,24 gram and the bottle,
when empty, had a mass of 14,2 g. after drying in an oven 24 hours, the bottle
and soil sample had a mass of 21,62 g. find the water content of the soil!

Bottle mass = 14,2 g

Soil mass = 25,24 g – 14,2 g

Soil mass = 11,04 g

Dry soil mss = 21,62 g – 14,2 g

Dry soil mass = 7,42 g

𝑚𝑎𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟
𝑤=
𝑚𝑎𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑑𝑟𝑦 𝑠𝑜𝑖𝑙

𝑠𝑜𝑖𝑙 𝑚𝑎𝑠𝑠 − 𝑑𝑟𝑦 𝑠𝑜𝑖𝑙 𝑚𝑎𝑠𝑠

𝑤=
𝑑𝑟𝑦 𝑠𝑜𝑖𝑙 𝑚𝑎𝑠𝑠

11,04 𝑔 − 7,42 𝑔
𝑤=
7,42 𝑔

𝑤 = 0,488

𝑤 = 0,488 𝑥 100%

𝑤 = 48,8%

2. An undisturbed specimen of clay is taken from a sampling tube the volume of

which is 0,0133 m3. The weight of the specimen is 250 N and the water
content is 21,1%. Calculate the dry unit weight! If the specific gravity of the
particles is 2,68, find the void ratio and the degree of saturation!

V = 0,013 m3

Soil weight = 250 N

Soil mass = 250 N / 9,8 m/s2

Soil mass = 25,5 kg

w = 21,1%

Gs = 2,68

a. Dry unit weight (𝛾𝑑 ) = ?

𝑊
𝛾=
𝑉
250 𝑁
𝛾=
0,013 𝑚3
𝛾 = 19.214,89 𝑁⁄𝑚3
𝛾
𝛾𝑑 =
1+𝑤
19.214,89 𝑁⁄𝑚3
𝛾𝑑 =
1 + 0,211
𝛾𝑑 = 15.880,07 𝑁⁄𝑚3

b. Void Ratio (e) = ?

𝐺𝑠 𝑥 𝜌𝑤
𝜌𝑑 =
1+𝑒
𝜌
𝜌𝑑 =
1+𝑤
𝑡𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑚𝑎𝑠𝑠
𝜌𝑑 = 𝑡𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚
1+𝑤
25,5 𝑘𝑔
0,013 𝑚3
𝜌𝑑 =
1 + 21,1%
𝑘𝑔⁄
𝜌𝑑 = 1621,1 𝑚3
𝑘𝑔
𝑘𝑔⁄ 2,68 𝑥 1000 ⁄ 3
𝑚
1621,1 𝑚3 = 1+𝑒
𝑒 = 0,653
c. Degree of saturtion (Sr) = ?
𝑤 𝑥 𝐺𝑠 = 𝑆𝑟 𝑥 𝑒
0,211 𝑥 2,68 = 𝑆𝑟 𝑥 0,653
𝑆𝑟 = 0,866