Definition of Relative density

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Relative density

The term 'Relative density' as it applies to the area of reclamation can be defined as ' Used in construction control for cohesionless soils where the in-place density is compared to the minimum and maximum density of the soil from laboratory tests. The ratio of the difference between the void ratio of a cohesionless soil in the loosest state and any given void ratio to the difference between its void ratios in the loosest and in the densest states'.

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