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BS 3882 - SPECIFICATION FOR TOPSOIL
Hardcopy , PDF
30-04-2015
English
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Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Topsoil classification and characteristics
5 Sampling of topsoil
6 Information to be provided by the supplier to the purchaser
Annexes
Annex A (informative) - Recommendations for stripping
handling and trafficking of topsoil
Annex B (normative) - Method of sample reduction
and preparation
Annex C (normative) - Determination of mass loss on ignition
Annex D (normative) - Determination of mineral carbonate
content of soil (as calcium carbonate)
Annex E (normative) - Determination of the extractable phosphate
content of soil
Annex F (normative) - Extraction of exchangeable cations in soil
Annex G (normative) - Calculation of exchangeable sodium
percentage of soil
Annex H (normative) - Determination of the specific electrical
conductivity of a calcium sulfate extract of soil
Annex I (normative) - Determination of laboratory density of soil
Annex J (normative) - Method for determining other contaminants
Annex K (informative) - Importance of soil electrical conductivity
soil salinity and exchangeable sodium percentage (ESP)
Bibliography
BS 3882
| Committee |
AW/20
|
| DocumentType |
Draft
|
| Pages |
34
|
| PublisherName |
British Standards Institution
|
| Status |
Superseded
|
| BS EN ISO 3696:1995 | Water for analytical laboratory use. Specification and test methods |
| BS ISO 10390:2005 | Soil quality. Determination of pH |
| BS EN 12579:2013 | Soil improvers and growing media. Sampling |
| BS 8601:2013 | Specification for subsoil and requirements for use |
| BS EN ISO/IEC 17025:2005 | General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories |
| BS 7755-3.7:1995 | Soil quality. Chemical methods Determination of total nitrogen. Modified Kjeldahl method |
| BS ISO 16729:2013 | Soil quality. Digestion of nitric acid soluble fractions of elements |
| BS 1377-2:1990 | Methods of test for soils for civil engineering purposes Classification tests |
| BS ISO 11277:2009 | Soil quality. Determination of particle size distribution in mineral soil material. Method by sieving and sedimentation |
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