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AS 4479.1-1997
$47.81
Analysis of soil, Part 1: Pretreatment of potentially contaminated soil samples for heavy metal and metalloid analysis
Specifies procedures for drying, crushing, sieving, dividing and milling of soil samples prior to chemical analysis.
Table of contents
Header
About this publication
PREFACE
1 SCOPE
2 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS
3 DEFINITIONS
4 PRINCIPLE
5 APPARATUS
5.1 General
5.2 Balance
5.3 Drying oven
5.4 Drying tray
5.5 Freeze-dryer
5.6 Grinding apparatus
5.7 Hammer
5.8 Mortar and pestle
5.9 Test sieve
6 PROCEDURE
6.1 General
6.2 Sample description
6.3 Drying
6.3.1 General
6.3.2 Drying in a drying oven
6.3.3 Drying in air
6.3.4 Drying in a freeze-dryer
6.4 Removal of extraneous and coarse materials
6.4.1 Preliminary separation
6.4.2 Soil fractionation
6.5 Subsampling
6.5.1 General
6.5.2 m3 greater than 50 g
6.5.3 m3 less than 50 g
7 CALCULATION OF EXTRANEOUS MATERIAL
8 PRETREATMENT REPORT
APPENDIX A
APPENDIX B
B1 MANUAL SUBSAMPLING
B2 USE OF SAMPLE DIVIDER
B3 MECHANICAL SUBSAMPLING
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| Published | 05/06/1997 |
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| Pages | 7 |
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