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RESEARCH PRODUCT
COMPARING PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION ANALYSIS BY SEDIMENTATION AND LASER DIFFRACTION METHOD
Stefano MirabileVito Ferrosubject
DiffractionMaterials scienceSoil testSoil textureSedimentation (water treatment)Mechanical Engineeringlcsh:SMineralogyBioengineeringLaserlcsh:S1-972Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringDistribuzione granulometrica Metodo idrometrico diffrattometria laserlaw.inventionlcsh:AgriculturelawParticle-size distributionContent (measure theory)Settore AGR/08 - Idraulica Agraria E Sistemazioni Idraulico-ForestaliTexture (crystalline)lcsh:Agriculture (General)Particle-size distribution Sieve-Hydrometer method Laser Diffraction methodBiomedical engineeringdescription
In this paper a brief review of the laser diffraction method is firstly carried out. Then, for 30 soil samples having a different texture classification sampled in Sicilian basin, a comparison between the two techniques is developed. The analysis demonstrated that the sand content measured by Sieve-Hydrometer method can be assumed equal to the one determinated by laser diffraction technique while an overestimation of the clay fraction measured by Sieve-Hydrometer method respect to laser diffraction technique was obtained. Finally a set of equations useful to refer LD measurements to SH method was proposed.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-01-01 | Journal of Agricultural Engineering |