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pipette analysis [1 record]

Record 1 1999-04-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Soil Mechanics (Engineering)
DEF

A kind of particle-size analysis of fine-grained sediment, made by removing samples from suspension with a pipette.

Key term(s)
  • pipet method

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mécanique des sols
CONT

Granulométrie. [...] Les méthodes à la pipette (pipettes de Robinson, d'Andreasen, etc.) consistent à prélever une fraction de la suspension. Cette fraction contient, à leur concentration initiale, tous les grains plus petits qu'une certaine dimension, fonction de la profondeur du prélèvement et de la durée de sédimentation.

Spanish

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