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Particle
density of soils is defined by the ratio of soil particle mass and soil
particle volume.
Dependingonsoiltypes,therangeofvariationofsoilparticledensityvariesby
about 4% i.e. not very significantly.
Therefore, it may not be worthwhile to order laboratory tests and incur
additional expenditure just to determine the particles density since the variation of particles density is not significant.
