The Malvern Mastersizer 3000/3000E is a laser diffraction particle size analyzer available for both dry and wet dispersions of particles from nanometer to millimeter ranges. A laser beam passes through a dispersed particulate sample and the angular variation in intensity of the scattered light is measured. The angular scattering intensity data is then analyzed to calculate the size of the particles that created the scattering pattern using the Mie theory of light scattering. The particle size is reported as a volume equivalent sphere diameter. The instrument has an accuracy of 0.6%, operation temperatures of 5degC to 40degC (non-condensing), size of 10 nm - 3.5 mm (3000) or 0.1 - 1000 um (3000E).
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Infaunal community composition and sediment grain size distribution, porosity, and organic content of sediment cores collected in the Northern Gulf of Mexico off the Alabama (USA) coast during 2020 and 2021 before and after Hurricane Sally | Grain size analysis was done on a Malvern Mastersizer 3000 particle analyzer. | Malvern Mastersizer 3000 |