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

Table 3

Sieve analysis results for non-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	0.000	0.000
1000	0.540	0.675	99.325	0.675
800	3.540	4.425	94.900	5.100
500	21.400	26.750	68.150	31.850
250	22.390	27.988	40.163	59.837
125	18.420	23.025	17.138	82.863
63	13.290	16.613	0.525	99.475
45	0.300	0.375	0.150	99.850
38	0.111	0.138	0.012	99.988
20	0.000	0.000	0.000	100.000