Measuring the asymmetry of the size distribution curve.

, etc.) extracted from the cumulative frequency curve. This method is particularly favored because it remains reliable even when dealing with open-ended or poorly sorted distributions. 2. Comprehensive Parameter Outputs

Click the button. The macro may take several minutes if processing a large batch (up to 250 samples). Output Metrics : GRADISTAT will automatically generate: Mean, Mode, and Sorting (Standard Deviation). Skewness and Kurtosis . Folk and Ward (1957) graphical measures. Physical descriptions (e.g., "Very coarse sand"). 4. Visualizing Results

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: Capable of processing approximately 50 samples per hour, significantly reducing the labor of manual calculations . Installation and Usage GRADISTAT software - Kenneth Pye Associates Ltd

GRADISTAT is heavily used in environmental and geological studies to classify sedimentary environments. For example, it has been used to: Analyze coastal samples to identify liquefaction features.

Navigate to the workbook tab named (or Multi-Sample equivalent depending on batch scope).

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The average size of the particle population. While the arithmetic mean is highly vulnerable to outliers in the distribution tails, GRADISTAT calculates the graphical Folk and Ward mean to minimize this distortion using the formula:

Download the .xlsm workbook tool to a local storage directory.