Comparison of soil texture determined by two dispersion units of Mastersizer 2000

International Agrophysics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 99-102

  Sochan, A ^a   Bieganowski, A ^a   Ryzak, M ^a   Dobrowolski, R ^b   Bartminski P ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF AGROPHYSICS   (Poland)

^b MARIA CURIE SK ODOWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Laser diffraction; Mastersizer 2000; Particle size distributions; Sedimentation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859708466     PISSN: 02368722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10247-012-0015-9     Document Type: Note

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