silt

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Term: silt
Definition:

A soil with 50% of the particles by mass smaller than 75 microns (# 200 sieve) with plasticity characteristics plotting above the A-Line [PI = 0.73(LL-20), where PI = plasticity index and LL = liquid limit].

Created 2016.03.23
Last Modified 2023.03.27
Contributed by Valori Archuleta
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