BS 137フ: part3:1990
3・4・フ・8 Record thetot81Volume offerrous sulphate 50luti。n
Used, y,to th8 nearesto.05 mL.
35 Calculatlons
NOTE.S舶form3(ヨ)ofapP印dlxA,
3・5・1 ThBtota!volur"e vun 巾L) ofpotassium dichrom8t。
Solutiorlused如O×1dizB小eorganicma壮8rinthes011Sam 1日
Is calcu!ated from thθ白quation:
ν= 10.5 {1 - M会}
Vvhere
y isthetotalvolumeoff8rroussulphatesolution used
(seB3.4.フ.8Xin mL);
χ
IS仙θ如talvolume offerrous sulphete solution used in
thestandardization 也獣(see34.1Hin mL).
3・5之 CalcU1丑加the percentage oftheorigln臼IS0Ⅱ Sam 1θ
ぐ Passihg th02 mm 加Stsieν日from theequation:
fracti0画fine『then 2 作lm =ι聖 X I00
Where
mlis the lnitial drY rnass ofsamP1θ{in g};
m21Sthe massofthθ舶mple passlng the2 mm 畑$tsleV8
{i打 gl.
3・53 CelcU18如the perC8n始ge oforeanic ma壮田Presentin
thefr8Ction ofthe s011Specimen fi虹日rth8h 2 mm十。reach
doterminatlon fromthe equation {S8e n0加}:
Percentege organic ma廿ercontent -0.67 ν
n13
Where
m3is the mass of soil uS8d in the 也St (in gj.
。fth .1、 d .weox.ietioooftheorganiccon也nt
Of58 % tm/m)of始巾on.Them'thod employed oxldlZ舶
fad ld e9rga『1iom8壮er,andthosB
Corrootre$ults onlYfor εoil con始lnmg natural organic mヨ計日r.
3・5・4 1fduplicate speclmens havB been 也Sted, and lfthe
( individuelr8Sults expressed 8S a perceΠ始9e oforganic
m8せ引di仟引bYnomorethan2 %,oalculet8them88Π result.
IftheYdi什er by morethen 2 %,repeatthe畑St startin W辻h
two new represen始t;ve portions ofsoil.
3.6 τe3t門Port
The加Streportsha11S怡也thatthetestwas carried 。uti打
accordancBwithclauSθ30f8S 137フ: pert3:1990,8ndshaⅡ
Con怡in the f0110wing information:
{al the m8thod oftest used;
fb)血e averege organic ma廿θrcontent P地Sentin the s。Ⅱ the emptY crucible orcon怡iner 舶 described in 43.1.2t。
framlon passing a 2 mm testS1曲Veto tho neeresto.1 %。f 43.1.4.
the original oV8n drY mass ofs011;
(cj the percen始g8 bYdrY mass ofthe originalsamP1日
Passing 血θ2 mm 也Stsieveto the n8arestl %;
(d) ifsulphides or chlorides have been ldenti"ed in 血日
Soil, this sha11 be 5tated;
(θ) the information rBquired bY 9.10f BS 137フ: Fartl :
1990.
5
4 Determination ofthe mass loss on
ign託ion
4.1 General
丁his clause desoribesthe procedurefordeterminin the
Proportion bY mass thatis lostfrom a s0Ⅱ by ignitio" eta
Speclfied temperature.
N0作・ Good pramice in ch●ml0ヨ1te5tlng requi「卵小at duplicat.
$peoimensshould be加尋tod.1n ●ach ofth白始駄methodsthe
t".a3U門mentofonlYorlevalU● oftheoV引且11rosultis descrlbed.吐is
r.cognized仙atltlsn各00部arYinrnanYprBoti0ヨ1apPⅡCationstom8胎
anur"beroft.stsjnordertoob如in丑 meanvalue急ndanindlcati。,。f
the r.1iabi11tyofthe re3Ults、 Guidance on the number of
f訂eヨきU門men藹 required a"d the treatmεnt oftho r.sult皐 obtalned ls
beYondthe 写oopo ofthls part ofBS 137フ.
The mass loss 0Π殉Π耻ion is rela也d to thB orgenic content 。f
Cθけainsoils,such as sandysoilsth8tcontain li計le orno claY,
OrchalkY 巾日teri丑1, peats and or9anic claysconteining more
than aboutlo % org丑nic mヨせer. Howeverjtshould be
recognized that,in some soils,factors unrelated to org8ni。
Contentoould bo responsibleforthe mejorproportion ofthe
mass loss on ignition.
The reqⅡlremeAts of partl ofthls standerd' where
8Ppropriate, sha" applyto thiS 也Strnethod.
42 Apparatus
42・1 0rying oven capable ofmaintainlng a ternP田atU内。f
50 士 250C,
4.228a/anC● read8ble t01 g.
4.238alance,readable如 0.001 g.
42・4 D6SicC8t01ン 0on加ining anhYdroU5 S"ica gel.
4,25 T6Stsmν6S,2 mm 8nd425 μm aperture slzes, with
r8CeiV8r.
42・6 Pe$t/eandmorta1ン 0r 8 Sui始ble rnooh白わicalcrush引.
42・7 Samp/edivid8rsofthemultmle.slottype rri用日boxes/,
having widthsofopenin90f7 mm 日Πd 15 mm.
42念 Crucib/80rsimi/arcon始inθ1ン 0fabout30 mL oa ac.
42・9 ElectribmU州θ furnece,capable ofmeintaining a
tBrnperatu『e of440 士 250C.
43 ProC●dU胎
43.1 Pr8Pa怡tionofcrucib/8
43・1・1 BeforeS始寸ing日日Chseries0什ests,oarrYoutat.st。n
43.12 Plecethe crucible ln the mufe8furnace, heatto
U0 士 25 ゜c andmain始inthetempe『atureforl h.
43・13 Remove the cruclblefrom thefurnace and a1↓Owlt如
Coolto roorn tompe『eture in the desiocator.
43.1.4 νVeigh the crucible to the nearest oool g {m。j.
 BS 137フ: part3:1990

432 Preρaration oft田甜Specimen 4.4 Calculation3

43之.1 Prepareeach 加Stspeoirr1θn forana1γSisfrom the
Ieboretorysernple as described in 4322t04328.
43.20b始in an inltialsample esd郎Cribed in 73, and ofthe
approxlmate si2e speclfied in 7.5, of BS 伯7フ: part l :1990.
43.23 DrYthissampleintheoven8t50 士2.50C,ヨ「1dcoolto
roorn temperature in the desiccator,
432.4 νVeighthesamP16tothe nearesto.1 %丑nd recordth6
ma55 ml(in g).
4325 Sievethesamploona2 mm氾StsieV日Ⅱfappropriate,
guarded bya加StsleYeof!arg田apertur6j,8ndcrushre怡lned
NOTE.S舶form3(b)ofappendixA.
4.4.1 Calcula也the percen始ge、ftho orig1Πa! soilsample
Passing the2 mm testsievefromthe e口U8tion:
fractlon打nerthan2 r"m = m2 × 100
n11
Where
mlistheoriginaldN mass ofsamP1日{in gj;
mユ is the rnass ofsarnple passirlg thB 2 mm siθνθ(in 9).
4.42 Calculatethe maS510部 on lgnitlon, L01, as a
Percen始geofthe drY mess ofsoil passing a 2.mm testsi8Ve
from theequati0η:

mm
一一

4 0

1
0
0
X
=
Particlesotherthan stoneS如 Passthe 2 rnm加Stsieve.
Where

43.2.6 Rejectthe stones eΠ5Urlng that no flne material
日 9Stothem, e.g. bY b川Shlng. Reoord Ⅱn 9}themassof
th -dmple passin9 the 2 mm 也St51eve tothe neeresto.1 %
{m2}.Throughouttheseand 5Ubsequent operetlorlsensure
thatthere ls n010SS 0仟ine5,
43.2.7 Divide the materialpasslng 小日 2 mrn sieve by
SuccesS1νe r1行lin9 through the 15 mm dividBrto produce a
Sampf8 WBighlng atleastlo g.
4・328 PulverlzethlssamP1θSothetitpassesthe425 mtest
S,eve.
432.9 Subdlvidethe sample bY ri音ling on the 7 mm divider
to ob始in test specimens eaoh vveighing epproximatelY 5 g.
Throughoutthlsand anYsubsequentoperation mixthe
material ave11eble thoroughιY before any diV15ion end avoid
Segregation durlng ri州ing.
432.10 P恰Ce 日ヨCh speolrnen iΠ 8 P鵡Pared crucible and drY
intheovenatatemperatureof50土2.5 ゜C.Thespecimensare
deemedto be dNwhenthe di什日拍nceslnsuccesslve
Weighings,cerri8doutatin也rvalsof4 h,do notexceedo.1 %
Oft " origlnel mass ofthe samP18.
4・3・・'1 AⅡOwthespeoirnenstocoolto roomtemperetureln
the desiccetora"d weigh eech cruoibleto o.0019 {m j.
433 /gnition ofs0π
4.33.1 1gnite each 也Stspecimen as described in 4.33.2如
433.4.
4332 Plaoethe cruclblewith soilin the unh日皐ted rnU仟le
fU巾丑Ce, heat如 440 土 25 ゜C,日Πd mainteinthister力Per甜Ure
十or a period of not1巳誌 than 3 h, or untilconst日Πt ma鵠 is
achleved'
NOTE. The P引iod requlred forlgnition wiⅡνヨN with th. tYpe ofso"
and size of S8mplo.
4333 Removethe cruclble and content5from the furΠ日Ce
end aⅡOwto ooolto room temperaturB in 小e deslccator.
4.334 Vveigh the crucib1邑 and contentsto the nearest
0.ool g (m4).
m3isthe mess ofthe crucible and oven.dry soilspecim8n
{in 引;
1ケ14isthe m舶S of小e crucible and speoim8n afterlgnitl0Π
fin 9};
moisthe rnass ofthe c『ucible (in g).
45 Te3treport
Th日如Streport sha11 State thatthe test was carried outin
accordanceW辻h claU5e 40fBS 137フ: pert 3:1990 and she11
Con始in thef0110wing lnformatlon:
(8) the method oftest U5ed;
Ib) the mass loss on ignitlon as a percen怡ge ofthe s0Ⅱ
fractlon passing the 2 mmtestsiBve'totwo signifloant
打gures;
(C) the percentage bY drY m丑Ss ofthe original sa井Iple
Pa5Slng the 2 mm testsi日νB,to the ne臼restl %;
fd) thB informatlon required bY 9.10f BS 137フ: parr l :
1990.
5 Determination ofthesulphate Content
Ofso"and groundwater
5.1 General
5.1.1 PrinC加le. Thls cleuse desoribes procedures for
det引mining 小e sulphate contentofs0Ⅱ and 9rouhd water.
The results ob始ined givethe 5Ulphate cor1也ntetthetime of
Sampling onlY.
Acid・S0山ble sulph丑tes inolude 巳肝 naturBⅡY occurr1Πg
Sulphat舶 With rare exoeptior】S. C丑Iclum sulphate,the
SU!phate saltthat is r"ost comrnon1γ found, has a low
SolubilitY in water.