https://doi.org/10.4081/jae.2009.2.35

COMPARING PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION ANALYSIS BY SEDIMENTATION AND LASER DIFFRACTION METHOD

Vol. 40 No. 2 (2009)
    Published:30 June 2009
    Particle-size distribution, Sieve-Hydrometer method, Laser Diffraction method
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    Vito Ferro
    vferro@unipa.it
    Stefano Mirabile
    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.

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    Ferro, V. and Mirabile, S. (2009) “COMPARING PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION ANALYSIS BY SEDIMENTATION AND LASER DIFFRACTION METHOD”, Journal of Agricultural Engineering, 40(2), pp. 35–43. doi: 10.4081/jae.2009.2.35.

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