Awoniyi, G. O.*, James, D.** and Adeniran, K. A.***
*Department of Agricultural and Bio-environmental Engineering, Federal Polytechnic, Bida, Niger State, Nigeria.
**Department of Land and Water Management Engineering, National Centre of Agricultural Mechanization.
***Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, University of Ilorin, Nigeria.
E-mail: gbengaawoniyi30@gmail.com
DOI: https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.13128561
ABSTRACT
Sieving method of particle size distribution is practically most common in laboratories but most times, silt and clay are always lumped together and not distinctly separable. Besides, clogging of soil would definitely result in errors in the finest soil particles of soil composition therefore the method is better used for more coarse sizes rather than finer ones. Soil particles distribution is largely dependent on its solubility (suspension) in appropriate solution (suitably chemical basic). Distinct particles that are made up of soil were found to be dependent of settlement time, colloidal forms and their visual clarity in solution