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TESTING THE GRAIN-SIZE DISTRIBUTION DETERMINED BY LASER DIFFRACTOMETRY FOR SICILIAN SOILS

Costanza Di StefanoVito FerroS. Mirabile

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lcsh:AgricultureParticle-size distribution Sieve-Hydrometer method Laser Diffraction method.Mechanical Engineeringlcsh:SSettore AGR/08 - Idraulica Agraria E Sistemazioni Idraulico-ForestaliBioengineeringlcsh:Agriculture (General)lcsh:S1-972Particle-size distribution Sieve-Hydrometer method Laser Diffraction methodIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering

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In this paper the soil grain-size distribution determined by Laser Diffraction method (LDM) is tested using the Sieve-Hydrometer method (SHM) applied for 747 soil samples representing a different texture classification, sampled in Sicily. 005_Di_Stefano(599)_39 28-12-2011 15:01 Pagina 45 The analysis showed that the sand content measured by SHM can be assumed equal to the one determined by LDM. An underestimation of the clay fraction measured by LDM was obtained with respect to the SHM and a set of equations useful to refer laser diffraction measurements to SHM was calibrated using the measurements carried out for 635 soil samples. Finally, the proposed equations were tested using independent measurements carried out by LDM and SHM for 112 soil samples with a different texture classification.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2012-06-22Journal of Agricultural Engineering
https://doi.org/10.4081/jae.2011.30