An object describing an Atterberg Limits test procedure. The Atterberg limits are a basic measure of the nature of a fine-grainedsoil. Depending on the water content of the soil, it may appear in four states:solid, semi-solid, plastic and liquid. In each state the consistency and behavior ofa soil is different and thus so are its engineering properties. Thus, the boundarybetween each state can be defined based on a change in the soil's behavior. TheAtterberg limits can be used to distinguish between silt and clay, and it candistinguish between different types of silts and clays.
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<div><h3>lang (as an attribute name)</h3><p>denotes an attribute whose value is a language code for the natural language of the content of any element; its value is inherited. This name is reserved by virtue of its definition in the XML specification.</p></div><div><h4>Notes</h4><p>Attempting to install the relevant ISO 2- and 3-letter codes as the enumerated possible values is probably never going to be a realistic possibility.</p><p>See BCP 47 at<a href="http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/bcp/bcp47.txt">http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/bcp/bcp47.txt</a>and the IANA language subtag registry at<a href="http://www.iana.org/assignments/language-subtag-registry">http://www.iana.org/assignments/language-subtag-registry</a>for further information.</p><p>The union allows for the 'un-declaration' of xml:lang with the empty string.</p></div>
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