[1]LIU Tao,GAO Xiao-fei.Comparison of Determination on Grain Size of Cinnamon Soil by Laser Diffraction Particle Size Analyzer and Pipette Method[J].Research of Soil and Water Conservation,2012,19(01):16-18,22.
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Research of Soil and Water Conservation[ISSN 1005-3409/CN 61-1272/P] Volume:
19
Number of periods:
2012 01
Page number:
16-18,22
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Public date:
2012-02-20
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Comparison of Determination on Grain Size of Cinnamon Soil by Laser Diffraction Particle Size Analyzer and Pipette Method
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LIU Tao, GAO Xiao-fei
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School of Geography, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Keywords:
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soil particle-size analysis; pipette method; laser diffraction particle size analyzer; transformational model
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S152.3+2;151.9+2
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- Abstract:
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The particle-size composition is a basic soil physical property. Pipette method is a main traditional approch to analyze the soil particle-size composition while laser diffraction particle size analyzer is a new particle-size analysis instrument in recent years. The paper took 23 cinnamon soil samples with various clay particle contents to study the discrepancy between the two methods mentioned above. It shows that the results from laser diffraction particle size analyzer method are lower than pipette method when measuring the particle-size <0.002 mm while they have a good correlation with a determination coefficient of 0.97; when it comes to<0.02 mm particle-size, the results come close and have a strong correlation with a determination coefficient of 0.99; when measuring particle content<0.05 mm, they come very close with a determination coefficient of 0.91. The results from laser diffraction particle size analyzer can reflect the soil particle-size composition well if they get revised by a transformational model.