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For a partially saturated soil deposit at a construction site, water content (w) is 15%, degree of saturation (S) is 67%, void ratio (e) is 0.6 and specific gravity of solids in the soil (Gs) is 2.67. Consider unit weight of water as 9.81 kN/m3.
To fully saturate 5 m3 of this soil, the required weight of water (in kN) will be ______ (round off to the nearest integer).

Correct : 7

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