Michał Beczek

Dr. Michał Beczek

Institute of Agrophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences
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Academic Career Length

10Years (2017-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 September 2017 in Biosystems Engineering
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Józef HorabikJózef Horabik
Józef Horabik
MBMichał Beczek
Michał Beczek
RMRafał Mazur
Rafał Mazur
PPPiotr Parafiniuk
Piotr Parafiniuk
Magdalena RyżakMagdalena Ryżak
Magdalena Ryżak
MMMarek Molenda
Marek Molenda

28 April 2021 in Minerals
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CPCezary Polakowski
Cezary Polakowski
Magdalena RyżakMagdalena Ryżak
Magdalena Ryżak
ASAgata Sochan
Agata Sochan
MBMichał Beczek
Michał Beczek
RMRafał Mazur
Rafał Mazur
ABAndrzej Bieganowski
Andrzej Bieganowski
Particle size distribution is an important soil parameter—therefore precise measurement of this characteristic is essential. The application of the widely used laser diffraction method for soil analysis continues to be a subject of debate. The precision of this method, proven on homogeneous samples, has been implicitly extended to soil analyses, but this has not been sufficiently well confirmed in the literature thus far. The aim of this study is to supplement the information available on the precision of the method in terms of reproducibility of soil measurement and whether the reproducibility of soil measurement is characterized by a normal distribution. To estimate the reproducibility of the laser diffraction method, thirteen various soil samples were characterized, and results were analysed statistically. The coefficient of variation acquired was lowest (3.44%) for silt and highest for sand (23.28%). Five of the thirteen tested samples were characterized by a normal distribution. The fraction content of eight samples was not characterized by normal distribution, but the extent of this phenomenon varied between soils. Although the laser diffraction method is repeatable, the measurement of soil particle size distribution can have limited reproducibility. The main cause seems to be small amounts of sand particles. The error can be amplified by the construction of the dispersion unit. Non-parametric statistical tests should be used by default for soil laser diffraction method analysis.

1 December 2019 in Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
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EPEwa Papierowska
Ewa Papierowska
RMRafał Mazur
Rafał Mazur
TSTomasz Stańczyk
Tomasz Stańczyk
MBMichał Beczek
Michał Beczek
JSJoanna Szewińska
Joanna Szewińska
ABAndrzej Bieganowski
Andrzej Bieganowski

1 August 2019 in Geoderma
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MBMichał Beczek
Michał Beczek
Magdalena RyżakMagdalena Ryżak
Magdalena Ryżak
ASAgata Sochan
Agata Sochan
RMRafał Mazur
Rafał Mazur
ABAndrzej Bieganowski
Andrzej Bieganowski


1 July 2021 in Soil and Tillage Research
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CPCezary Polakowski
Cezary Polakowski
ASA. Sochan
A. Sochan
Magdalena RyżakMagdalena Ryżak
Magdalena Ryżak
MBMichał Beczek
Michał Beczek
RMR. Mazur
R. Mazur
ABA. Bieganowski
A. Bieganowski