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BS 3882 - SPECIFICATION FOR TOPSOIL

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Superseded date

04-30-2015

Language(s)

English

Publisher

British Standards Institution

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Status	Superseded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