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FORENSIC SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL
Volume 144, Issue 1, Pages 19-27Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2004.02.028
Keywords
laser diffraction; sieving; sand; sediments; soils; provenance; comparison
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Particle size is a fundamental property of any sediment, soil or dust deposit which can provide important clues to nature and provenance. For forensic work, the particle size distribution of sometimes very small samples requires precise determination using a rapid and reliable method with a high resolution. The Coulter(TM) LS230 laser granulometer offers rapid and accurate sizing of particles in the range 0.04-2000 mum for a variety of sample types, including soils, unconsolidated sediments, dusts, powders and other particulate materials. Reliable results are possible for sample weights of just 50 mg. Discrimination between samples is per-formed on the basis of the shape of the particle size curves and statistical measures of the size distributions. In routine forensic work laser granulometry data can rarely be used in isolation and should be considered in combination with results front other techniques to reach an overall conclusion. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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