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Agriculture · Q731

Soil Science

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 731

Q731

COLE is known as

A.
Coefficient of linear extensibility
B.
Potential volume exchange
C.
Swell index
D.
All of the above
Answer

Answer: Option D

Solution

Answer: Option D
Solution:
COLE is known as the Coefficient of linear extensibility. It is also known as Potential volume exchange as well as a swell index.
The coefficient of linear extensibility is a quantitative expression to classify soils according to their swell and shrink potential and its estimation is crucial for engineering and agronomic applications.