Influence of Loosely Bound Water on Compressibility of Compacted Fine-Grained Soils

Table 3

Parallel LBW content tests on different soil samples.

Sample	Dry soil mass (g)	Specific gravity	Dry soil volume (cm^3)	Distilled water volume (mL)	Final reading (mL)	Solution volume increment (mL)	Evaporation (mL)	Solution shrinking volume (mL)	LBW content (%)	Average value (%)
CH-1	27.10	2.71	10.00	243.00	250.92	7.92	0.20	2.09	30.06	30.14
CH-2	27.10		10.00	243.00	250.91	7.91	0.20	2.09	30.22
MH-1	27.30	2.73	10.00	243.00	250.95	7.95	0.20	2.05	29.36	29.44
MH-2	27.30		10.00	243.00	250.94	7.94	0.20	2.04	29.52
CL-1	26.60	2.66	10.00	243.00	251.56	8.56	0.20	1.44	20.04	20.12
CL-2	26.60		10.00	243.00	251.57	8.57	0.20	1.43	20.20
ML-1	27.50	2.75	10.00	243.00	251.77	8.77	0.20	1.23	16.23	16.31
ML-2	27.50		10.00	243.00	251.76	8.76	0.20	1.24	16.39
SC-1	26.90	2.69	10.00	243.00	251.97	8.97	0.20	1.03	13.37	13.21
SC-2	26.90		10.00	243.00	251.99	8.99	0.20	1.01	13.05