ORIGINAL RESEARCH
A Simple Method for Estimating Particle
Numbers Using a Laser Diffractometer
Magdalena Ryżak, Agata Sochan
 
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			Institute of Agrophysics PAS, Doświadczalna 4; 20-290 Lublin, Poland
			 
		 					
		 
			
			
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
			
	 
		
 
 
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2013;22(1):213-218
 
 
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ABSTRACT
Hitherto the method of laser diffraction has been used only for determining particle size distribution
(PSD) of mixtures. This paper presents an extension of that measurement approach to include the determination
of the number of particles. The described method may find practical application in a variety of disciplines,
including biology (e.g. for determination of population sizes of micro- and mesofauna), agricultural sciences
(e.g. with relation to the study of soils), and Earth science (e.g. with relation to sediments and lands), among
others.