Name: PREN 13041 : DRAFT 2010
Brand: CEN

PREN 13041 : DRAFT 2010

Superseded

SOIL IMPROVERS AND GROWING MEDIA - DETERMINATION OF PHYSICAL PROPERTIES - DRY BULK DENSITY, AIR VOLUME, WATER VOLUME, SHRINKAGE VALUE AND TOTAL PORE SPACE

Superseded date

11-01-2011

Published date

01-12-2013

Publisher

Comite Europeen de Normalisation

Foreword
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Principle
5 Apparatus
6 Preparation
7 Procedure
8 Expression of results
9 Number of replicates
10 Precision
11 Test report
Annex A (normative) - Construction of sand suction table
Annex B (informative) - Results of interlaboratory trial
to determine the physical characteristics
Bibliography

Specifies an instrumental method for the routine determination of the physical properties, dry bulk density, water volume, air volume, shrinkage value and total pore space of soil improvers or growing media.

Committee	TC 223
DocumentType	Draft
PublisherName	Comite Europeen de Normalisation
Status	Superseded
SupersededBy	EN 13041:2011

Standards	Relationship
10/30207924 DC : 0	Identical

EN 12579:2013	Soil improvers and growing media - Sampling
EN 13040:2007	Soil improvers and growing media - Sample preparation for chemical and physical tests, determination of dry matter content, moisture content and laboratory compacted bulk density
EN 13039:2011	Soil improvers and growing media - Determination of organic matter content and ash
ISO 11274:1998	Soil quality Determination of the water-retention characteristic Laboratory methods