TABLE OF CONTENTS

• List of Figures and Tables
• Introduction
• Description of methods used in the cement industry
• Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)
• Analysis of data from the round-robin
• Reference distribution using SRM 114p
• Methodology
• Determination of the reference distribution for laser diffraction (Approach 2)
• LAS-W
• LAS-D
• Determination of reference distribution using Approach 1: all-inclusive
• Correction procedure
• Summary
• 3.2 Analysis of methodologies
• Laser diffraction with the specimen dispersed in a liquid (LAS-W)
• Summary of the participant’s procedures for sample preparation
• Summary of the analysis methods
• Laser diffraction with the specimen dispersed in air (LAS-D)
• Electrical zone sensing (EZS) and SEM
• SEM sample preparation
• Summary
• Recommendations and conclusions
• Reference material
• Standard method
• Acknowledgements
• References
• APPENDICES