BS 7755-5.5(1999) : 1999
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SOIL QUALITY - PHYSICAL METHODS - LABORATORY METHODS
Hardcopy , PDF
30-09-2011
English
01-01-1999
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1 Scope
2 Definitions
3 Guidelines for choice of method
4 Sampling
5 Determination of the soil water characteristic
using sand, kaolin and ceramic suction tables
6 Determination of soil water characteristic using a
porous plate and burette
7 Determination of soil water characteristic by pressure
plate extractor
8 Determination of soil water characteristic using pressure
membrane cells
9 Precision
Annexes
A (informative) Construction of suction tables
B (informative) Bibliography
Defines four laboratory procedures for determining the soil water retention characteristic. Applicable only to measurements of the drying or desorption curve.
| Committee |
EH/4
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| DevelopmentNote |
Supersedes 92/54987 DC. (10/2005) Renumbered as BS ISO 11274. (09/2011)
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| DocumentType |
Standard
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| Pages |
26
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| PublisherName |
British Standards Institution
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| Status |
Superseded
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| SupersededBy | |
| Supersedes |
| 10/30205348 DC : 0 | BS 10175 - INVESTIGATION OF POTENTIALLY CONTAMINATED SITES - CODE OF PRACTICE |
| ISO 10381-1:2002 | Soil quality Sampling Part 1: Guidance on the design of sampling programmes |
| ISO 11272:2017 | Soil quality — Determination of dry bulk density |
| ISO 11276:1995 | Soil quality — Determination of pore water pressure — Tensiometer method |
| ISO 11461:2001 | Soil quality — Determination of soil water content as a volume fraction using coring sleeves — Gravimetric method |
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