Please list the steps and the calculation formula used in detail.

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Please list the steps and the calculation formula used in detail.

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Please list the steps and the calculation formula used in detail.
A soil sample collected from a construction site had a total mass (MT) of 20.6 kg. After being dried in an oven, the mass of the soil solid (Ms) was 19.1 kg. The total volume of the soil sample was 0.01 m². The value of Gs was 2.65. (a) Determine the following values for the soil sample: (1) the moisture content (w): (2 marks) (ii) the density of soil solids (ps): (2 marks) (111) the volume of soil solids (V.): (2 marks) (iv) the volume of water (Vw); (2 marks) (v) the volume of air (VA); (2 marks) (vi) the degree of saturation (S.); (2 marks) (vii) the void ratio (e); (2 marks) (viii) the porosity (n); (2 marks) (ix) the air void ratio (Av): (2 marks) (x) the saturated density (Psat): (2 marks) (xi) the submerged density (Psub), and (2 marks) (xii) the volume of water to be added to the soil sample to reach to 100% saturation (2 marks) (b) State the assumption for the above calculations. (1 mark)
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