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Comparisons of Grain Size Analysis Results by Different Pretreatments Procedures in Loess-paleosol Sediments  

Yoon, Soon-Ock (Department of Geography and Research Institute for Basic Sciences, Kyung Hee University)
Park, Chung-Sun (Department of Geogmphy, Kyung Hee University)
Hwang, Sang-Ill (Department of Geography, Kyungpook National University)
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Journal of the Korean Geographical Society / v.45, no.5, 2010 , pp. 553-572 More about this Journal
Abstract
Grain size analysis of sediments and soils has been regarded as a one of the most important analytical methods in Earth Sciences. The results of grain size analysis by 10 different pretreatment procedures in loess-paleosol sediments are compared in the study. In spite of the most powerful effectiveness of dispersant(sodium hexametaphosphate) on the dispersions of sediments, the effects show large differences by its treatment orders with HCl. It may result from that $Na^+$ ions in the dispersant may not be able to effectively substitute $Ca^{2+}$ ions in the sediments due to the electrostatic forces between $Na^+$ and $Cl^-$ ions in the dispersant and HCl, respectively. Although $H_2O_2$ and HCl are more effective in dispersion than hot water, they do not affect greatly the dispersions. Therefore, the reliable results of grain size analysis can be obtained by selecting the adequate pretreatment procedures most suitable for the purposes of researches and characteristics of sediments.
Keywords
grain size; grain size analysis; pretreatment; loess; laser diffraction grain size analyzer;
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