British Standards Institution

Source:: CEN
Committee:: B/526/-/1 - (Disbanded 20.09.2024 See B/526/8/2) Earthworks
Categories:: Information management | Standardization. General rules | Environment | Soil quality | Soil quality. Other | Construction | Civil engineering | Earthworks. Excavations. Foundation construction. Underground works

Scope

This document describes a method for the determination of the oxidizable organic matter content of a soil, which is mainly composed of fresh organic matter and fulvic and humic acids, by means of a chemical back titration with potassium permanganate.

Purpose

The result obtained with this technical specification is not comparable with those obtained by Standard EN 17685 1:2023 (loss on ignition).

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1. Proposal

Proposal start date:

20/06/2023

Proposal end date:

03/09/2023

2. Draft

3. Public Comments

4. Comment Resolution

5. Approval

6. Publication

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Standards Development

CEN/TS 17685-2 “Earthworks – Chemical laboratory tests – Part 2: Organic matter content test by potassium permanganate method”

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