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The drainage property of silty clay is ________

(a) very good

(b) good

(c) fair

(d) very poor

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Enquiry is from Permeability topic in section Permeability of Geotechnical Engineering I

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Right choice is (d) very poor

The best I can explain: The drainage properties of clean sand, coarse and medium sands, and that of fine sand and loose silt are very good, good, and fair respectively. While the drainage property of silty clay is is very poor.

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