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<blockquote data-quote="Gunbuffer" data-source="post: 3853158" data-attributes="member: 42291"><p>Loam is a type of soil</p><p></p><p>Three things make up soil, from largest size to smallest; sand, silt and clay. If you count organic matter it’s 4.</p><p>My guess is you have almost all silt and clay as well as a ton of small bits of organic matter. Clay is negatively charged and will hold a lot of It all in suspension for a good amount of time.</p><p>You won’t get much of a separation with that</p><p>Method. We used high speed centrifuges to separate clays from silt and I don’t think you’ll be able to Determine much else by that method. The sand if any would Definitely be on the bottom so you might drag a spoon down there and see if you get any sand grains</p><p> </p><p>What is the question you are trying to answer by doing this test?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gunbuffer, post: 3853158, member: 42291"] Loam is a type of soil Three things make up soil, from largest size to smallest; sand, silt and clay. If you count organic matter it’s 4. My guess is you have almost all silt and clay as well as a ton of small bits of organic matter. Clay is negatively charged and will hold a lot of It all in suspension for a good amount of time. You won’t get much of a separation with that Method. We used high speed centrifuges to separate clays from silt and I don’t think you’ll be able to Determine much else by that method. The sand if any would Definitely be on the bottom so you might drag a spoon down there and see if you get any sand grains What is the question you are trying to answer by doing this test? [/QUOTE]
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