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BS 8601 - SPECIFICATION FOR SUBSOIL AND REQUIREMENTS FOR USE
Hardcopy , PDF
31-12-2013
English
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Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Subsoil classification and characteristics
5 Sampling of subsoil
6 Stripping, handling and trafficking of subsoil
7 Information to be supplied by the supplier to the
purchaser
Annexes
Annex A (normative) - Method of sample reduction and
preparation
Annex B (normative) - Determination of mineral carbonate
content of soil (as calcium carbonate)
Annex C (normative) - Extraction of the exchangeable cations
in soil for determining exchangeable sodium percentage
Annex D (normative) - Calculation of exchangeable sodium
percentage of soil
Annex E (normative) - Determination of potentially phytotoxic
elements
Annex F (normative) - Determination of the specific electrical
conductivity of a calcium extract of soil
Annex G (normative) - Method for determining other
contaminants
Annex H (normative) - Determination of mass loss on ignition
Annex I (informative) - Importance of soil electrical
conductivity, soil salinity and exchangeable sodium
percentage (ESP)
Bibliography
BS 8601
| Committee |
AW/20
|
| DocumentType |
Draft
|
| Pages |
30
|
| PublisherName |
British Standards Institution
|
| Status |
Superseded
|
| SupersededBy |
| BS EN ISO 3696:1995 | Water for analytical laboratory use. Specification and test methods |
| BS ISO 10390:2005 | Soil quality. Determination of pH |
| ISO 11272:2017 | Soil quality — Determination of dry bulk density |
| BS EN 12579:2013 | Soil improvers and growing media. Sampling |
| BS EN ISO/IEC 17025:2005 | General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories |
| BS 7755-5.6(1999) : 1999 | SOIL QUALITY - PHYSICAL METHODS - DETERMINATION OF DRY BULK DENSITY |
| BS ISO 11277:2009 | Soil quality. Determination of particle size distribution in mineral soil material. Method by sieving and sedimentation |
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