Wanogho, S. and Gettinby, G. and Caddy, B. (1987) Particle-size distribution analysis of soils using laser diffraction. Forensic Science International, 33 (2). pp. 117-128. ISSN 0379-0738
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Abstract
The use of laser diffraction for the particle size distribution analysis of the sub-63 μm fraction of soil samples is described. Each sub-63 μm fraction was obtained from the wet sieving of 1500 mg of whole soil. Using similarity probabilities, the data obtained, when combined with other information from wet sieving and/or organic matter content, will enable the correct identity of a given soil sample with that of an unknown to be made. Although the sub-63 μm fraction can account for 450 mg or more of the total soil content, analyses of this fraction can be conducted on sample sizes as small as 100 mg.
| Item type: | Article |
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| ID code: | 17780 |
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| Keywords: | soils, particle size analysis, laser diffraction, similarity probabilities, Probabilities. Mathematical statistics, Forensic Medicine. Medical jurisprudence. Legal medicine , Physical and theoretical chemistry |
| Subjects: | Science > Mathematics > Probabilities. Mathematical statistics Medicine > Public aspects of medicine > Forensic Medicine. Medical jurisprudence. Legal medicine Science > Chemistry > Physical and theoretical chemistry |
| Department: | Faculty of Science > Mathematics and Statistics |
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| Date Deposited: | 11 May 2010 11:54 |
| Last modified: | 12 Mar 2012 11:08 |
| URI: | http://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/17780 |
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