METHOD OF TEST FOR DETERMINATION OF ORGANIC CONTENT IN SOILS BY LOSS ON IGNITION

Published date

01-07-2018

Publisher

American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials

1. SCOPE
2. REFERENCED DOCUMENTS
3. APPARATUS
4. SAMPLE PREPARATION
5. IGNITION PROCEDURE
6. CALCULATION
7. KEYWORDS

Describes the determination of organic contentis most applicable to those materials identified as peats, organic mucks, and soils containing relatively undecayed or undecomposed vegetative matter or fresh plant materials such as wood, roots, or grass, or carbonaceous materials such as lignite, coal, etc.

DevelopmentNote	Included in AASHTO HM. (10/2013)
DocumentType	Standard
PublisherName	American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
Status	Current

AASHTO R 13 : 2012	PRACTICE FOR CONDUCTING GEOTECHNICAL SUBSURFACE INVESTIGATIONS
AASHTO T 194 : 1997(R2018)	METHOD OF TEST FOR DETERMINATION OF ORGANIC MATTER IN SOILS BY WET COMBUSTION
AASHTO R 25 : 2000 : R2013	PRACTICE FOR TECHNICIAN TRAINING AND QUALIFICATION PROGRAMS

AASHTO T 194 : 1997(R2018)	METHOD OF TEST FOR DETERMINATION OF ORGANIC MATTER IN SOILS BY WET COMBUSTION
AASHTO M 231 : 1995	SPECIFICATION FOR WEIGHING DEVICES USED IN THE TESTING OF MATERIALS