PARTICLE-SIZE ANALYSIS OF SOILS USING LASER LIGHT SCATTERING AND X-RAY ABSORPTION TECHNOLOGY

The particle-size distribution for the fine-grained fraction of eleven soil samples was determined using four commercially available, state-of-the-art automated particle-size distribution analysis instruments. The results from each instrument for each soil sample were compared to size analysis data determined by the hydrometer technique. The X-ray absorption instruments produced particle-size distributions very close to those of the hydrometer method, with the exception of soils with high mica concentrations. The laser-based instrument data did not agree as well with the hydrometer data, although for soils with significant mica contents the results were closer than the results from the X-ray absorption instruments. Based on these results, however, it appears that the automated X-ray absorption/sedimentation-based instruments show promise as alternatives or as a possible supplement for the manual hydrometer method of size analysis for soils without significant mica particle concentrations.

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• Authors:
  • Vitton, S J
  • Sadler, L Y
• Publication Date: 1997-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 63-73
• Serial:
  • Geotechnical Testing Journal
  • Volume: 20
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: ASTM International
  • ISSN: 0149-6115
  • EISSN: 1945-7545
  • Serial URL: https://www.astm.org/products-services/standards-and-publications/geotechnical-testing-journal.html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Absorption; Lasers; Mica; Sieve analysis; Soil particles; X ray analysis
• Old TRIS Terms: Laser applications
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; I42: Soil Mechanics;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00735573
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Apr 24 1997 12:00AM