Statistical analyses of SEM-EDS results to predict the
Aug 30, 2020 The X-ray diffraction pattern of the soil revealed that it was composed of clay minerals (e.g. illite, kaolinite, and chlorite-serpentine mixture), and non-clay mineral (e.g. quartz and calcite). Fig. 1 represents the gradation curve of the examined soil: all particles were smaller than 75 μm, therefore the distribution was determined by a