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Record 1 2006-10-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Soil Science
  • Petrography
DEF

That portion of a granular mass finer than 0.002 mm (0.005 mm in some cases) ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Science du sol
  • Pétrographie
DEF

Cette portion d'une masse granulaire dont la dimension des particules est plus petite que 0.002 mm (0.005 dans certains cas) [...]

OBS

Pour caractériser des matériaux à grain fin, on utilise couramment la diffraction des rayons X (DRX) pour l'analyse des fractions contenant des particules de la taille des argiles (<0,002 mm) et celles de la taille des silts et des argiles (<0,063 mm).

Spanish

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