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The mass wetness at which the soil stiffens from a plastic to a semi rigid and friable state.
it is the water content at which soil begins to crumble on being rolled into thread of 3 mm diameter

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What do the letters LVC mean in soil testing?

LVC typically stands for "liquid limit, plastic limit, and shrinkage limit." These are three key parameters used in soil testing to assess the plasticity and behavior of soil. Liquid limit measures the moisture content at which the soil transitions from plastic to liquid state, plastic limit defines the moisture content at which the soil can be molded, and the shrinkage limit indicates the moisture content at which further drying will not cause the soil to shrink.


Why liquid limit and plastic limit are important?

The Atterberg limits of a soil are used as an integral part of several engineering classification systems to characterize fine-grained soils. Also these limits are used directly in specifications for controlling soil for use in fills, and in semi-empirical methods of design. A wide variety of engineering properties of soils have also been correlated to the liquid limit, plastic limit, and plasticity index of soils (i.e. Compressibility, Permeability, and Strength).


What is the consistency of soil at liquid limit and Plastic Limit?

zerozeroConsistency limits and plasticityConsistency varies with the water content of the soil. The consistency of a soil can range from (dry) solid to semi-solid to plastic to liquid (wet). The water contents at which the consistency changes from one state to the next are called consistency limits (or Atterberg limits).Two of these are utilised in the classification of fine soils:Liquid limit (wL) - change of consistency from plastic to liquidPlastic limit (wP) - change of consistency from brittle/crumbly to plasticMeasures of liquid and plastic limit values can be obtained from laboratory tests.


What is liquid limit?

The arbitary limit of water content that represents the boundary between the liquid & plastic state is called as liquid limit.


What is plastic limit in physics?

The term plastic limit speaks to the characteristics of (fine grained) soil and how it behaves with different moisture content. Let's keep it simple. If the soil is nearly saturated, it will be "very" plastic and will act like play dough. If it's dry, it crumbles. There are no plastic characteristics. Different soils (different clay, sand or whatever in their content) act a bit differently with the same moistue content. Some will still be more plastic than others with a given moisture content. That's where the lab comes in. A given soil sample will have to be experimented on to determine its plastic limit. Wikipedia has an article posted on Atterberg limits, which include this soil characteristic. As this is WikiAnswers, a link is provided.


Is reusing plastic cups no 6 bad for you?

nah, buh u shud limit iht.


Is there an age limit at which most plastic surgeons will perform surgery?

I thought there would be an age limit but you're never too old to have plastic surgery. People have surgery well into their sixties and seventies, so it really all depends on what kind of overall health a person is in.


What is the degree of saturation at plastic limit?

more than 100%(over saturated but saturation is 100%) .....because shrinkage limit is smallest water content at which soil is saturated......means at shrinkage limit itself it posses 100% saturation ........


What are the equations between plastic limit and liquid limit?

The Liquid Limit can be tested for (see wikipedia) in different ways. One is with a liquid limit device you can use the equation LL=(W^n)*(N/25)^0.121 where w is the water content and N is the number of times the device was cranked


What criteria are applied to define a pure solid?

The material does not deform permanently / continuously when shear is applied (below the plastic limit).


Define properties of soil soil elements?

soil properties basically is the void ratio, porosity, specific gravity, dry unit weight, saturated unit weight, liquid limit, plastic limit and shrinkage limit which play a important role to support load.


What is plasticity in chemistry?

Plasticity is the characteristic of a metal where it undergoes inelastic strains beyond the elastic limit.Until the elastic limit point, the strain that a metal undergoes is elastic, meaning the metal will regain its original dimensions upon unloading. For example, during a tensile test, a metal pulled in tension to a strain below its elastic limit will return to its original dimensions upon release.However, if a metal is strained beyond the elastic limit into the plastic region, the strain will be inelastic, meaning the metal will be unable to return to its original dimensions upon unloading. Large deformations in ductile materials result in plastic flow.Metals experience periods of both elastic and plastic deformation. On a stress-strain curve, the elastic region is followed by the plastic region. Oftentimes, the elastic limit is approximated as equal to the proportional limit and (for mild steel) the yield stress.