DIN 52101:1988-03

1 Scope and field of application
2 Concepts
      2.1 Increment
      2.2 Bulk sample
             2.2.1 Representative sample
      2.3 Sub-sample
      2.4 Laboratory sample
      2.5 Specimen
3 Principles of sampling
4 Sample quantity
5 Sampling technique
6 Sampling from deposits
      6.1 General
      6.2 Sampling of solid rock
             6.2.1 Identification of rock structure and
                      orientation of samples
             6.2.2 Sampling for petrographic analysis
             6.2.3 Sampling for mechanical testing
      6.3 Sampling of loose rock (unconsolidated soil)
7 Sampling from preparation and processing plant
      7.1 General
      7.2 Sampling from continuous materials handling
             equipment
      7.3 Sampling at belt and chute discharge points
      7.4 Sampling from the belt of a stopped conveyor
      7.5 Sampling from a siloaulic engineering
             7.5.1 Sampling at silo outlet
             7.5.2 Sampling from top of silo
      7.6 Sampling of freestone and quarrystone
8 Sampling from stockpiles, consignments and construction
      sites
      8.1 General
      8.2 Sampling aggregates from railway wagons and
             lorries
             8.2.1 Aggregates up to 11 ze
             8.2.2 Aggregates exceeding 11 mm in size
      8.3 Sampling from heaps of bulk material
             8.3.1 Sampling from flat heaps
             8.3.2 Sampling from conical heaps
      8.4 Sampling from aggregates supplied in packed form
      8.5 Sampling of freestone and quarrystone
9 Sampling from structures
      9.1 Sampling from unbound basecourses
      9.2 Sampling from railway track ballast
             9.2.1 Sampling fast with rails present
             9.2.2 Sampling from ballast with rails removed
      9.3 Sampling of freestone and quarrystone from
             structures
      9.4 Sampling from hydraulic structures
10 Preparation of sub-samples from aggregates and stone for
      use in hydraulic engineering
      10.1 Preparation of sub-samples from aggregates
             10.1.1 Preparation of sub-samples from a bulk
                       sample
             10.1.2 Preparation of sub-samples from
                       aggregates by direct mechanical
                       reduction of increments
      10.2 Preparation of sub-samples from stone for use in
             hydraulic engineering
11 Marking, packaging and dispatch of samples
12 Sampling report
Appendix A - Description and evaluation of sampling site
         A.0 - General
         A.1 - General information
         A.2 - Geological, petrographical and seismological
               data
               A.2.1 - Solid rock
                       A.2.1.1 - Igneous rock
                       A.2.1.2 - Sedimentary rock
                       A.2.1.3 - Metamorphic rock
               A.2.2 - Loose rock (unconsolidated soil)
Appendix B - Details of aggregate preparation
Standards referred to
Other relevant standards and documents
Previous editions
Amendments
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