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Increase in capillary rise of water in soils depends upon: _____.

i. Void ratio

ii. Grain size

The correct amongst these is/are:


1. Only i
2. Only ii
3. Both i and ii
4. Neither i nor ii

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Correct Answer - Option 3 : Both i and ii

Capillary Rise in soil:

It gravity was the only force acting above the water table would be completely dry. But it is not so in actual practice. Soil in this zone is completely saturated upto some height above the water table. This Phenomenon of rising water in soil is known as capillary in soils.

Capillary rise depends upon following factors:

(1) Surface tension

(2) Soil Pores

(3) Grain size

(4) Void ratio

(5) Water content in soil mass

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