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    BS 8601 - SPECIFICATION FOR SUBSOIL AND REQUIREMENTS FOR USE

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Superseded date:  31-12-2013

    Language(s):  English

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    Publisher:  British Standards Institution

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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

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    Comment Closes On
    Committee AW/20
    Document Type Draft
    Publisher British Standards Institution
    Status Superseded
    Superseded By

    Standards Referencing This Book - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    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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