Improved gravitational grain size separation method

Applied Clay Science

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 612-614

  Salemi, Enzo ^a   Tessari, Umberto ^a   Colombani, Nicolò ^a   Mastrocicco, Micol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Contaminants; Grain size; Gravitational; Separation; Silt and clay

Indexed keywords

CLAY PARTICLES; FINE FRACTION; GRAIN SIZE; GRAIN-SIZE SEPARATION; GRANULOMETRIC FRACTION; GRAVITATIONAL; GRAVITATIONAL SEPARATION; HETEROGENEOUS SEDIMENTS; LOW-ENERGY METHODS; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; POROUS MEDIUM; SANDY FRACTION; SETTLING TIME; SILTY FRACTION; SOLID PHASIS; STOKES' LAW; WET SIEVING;

CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; DEIONIZED WATER; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; GRAVITATION; IMPURITIES; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); POROUS MATERIALS; SILT;

SIZE SEPARATION;

CLAY; GRAIN SIZE; HETEROGENEOUS MEDIUM; POLLUTANT; POROUS MEDIUM; SEPARATION; SIEVING; SILT; STOKES FORMULA;

EID: 77952585017     PISSN: 01691317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clay.2010.03.014     Document Type: Article

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