Characterization of Oily and Non-Oily Natural Sediments in Palm Oil Mill Effluent

Table 2

Sieve analysis results for oily POME sediments.

Sieve size opening (𝜇m)	Sieve fractions		Cumulative % undersize (by calculation)	Cumulative % oversize (by calculation)
	Weight of retained sample (g)	Mass of retained sample (% wt)
1400	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.000
1000	0.150	0.188	99.812	0.188
800	1.230	1.538	98.274	1.726
500	12.930	16.163	82.111	17.889
250	45.230	56.538	25.573	74.427
125	19.520	24.400	1.173	98.827
63	0.840	1.050	0.123	99.877
45	0.000	0.000	0.000	100.000