Question

Tom Zink went out to Fresno, CA and shoveled 2 kg of sand into a bucket and brought the sand to his lab for testing. He then took 20 grams

of sand from the bucket and compacted the 20 grams in a die. He then loaded the compacted sand with a piston using a load frame. During loading, the 20 gram sand pack was called a.a specimen b.a sample C. gravel d. clay

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