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The subdivision of the clay fraction in mechanical analysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

E. W. Russell
Affiliation:
Soil Physics Department, Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, Herts

Extract

An examination has been made of the possibility of extending the routine mechanical analysis of soils down to finer particles than the conventional clay. The main conclusions reached are:

(1) Sampling depths of only 2 cm., using standard mechanical analysis apparatus, appear to introduce no new sources of error.

(2) If a constant temperature room is available, sampling times of 7 days seem to be allowable.

(3) Using special pipettes and settling vessels, sampling depths of only 2½ mm. seem to be allowable.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1943

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