Definition of Plastic limit

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Plastic limit

The term 'Plastic limit' as it applies to the area of reclamation can be defined as ' The water content corresponding to an arbitrary limit between the plastic and the semisolid state of consistency of a soil; water content at which a soil will just begin to crumble when rolled into a thread approximately 1/8 inches in diameter. The minimum amount of water in terms of percent of oven-dry weight of soil that will make the soil plastic'.

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