ISO 11274:2019

Soil quality — Determination of the water-retention characteristic — Laboratory methods ISO 11274:2019

Publication date:   Sep 21, 2019

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60.60 Standard published   Sep 21, 2019

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ISO/TC 190/SC 3 Chemical and physical characterization

International Standard

13.080.40   Hydrological properties of soils

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This document specifies laboratory methods for determination of the soil water-retention characteristic.
This document applies only to measurements of the drying or desorption curve.
Four methods are described to cover the complete range of soil water pressures as follows:
a) method using sand, kaolin or ceramic suction tables for determination of matric pressures from 0 kPa to −50 kPa;
b) method using a porous plate and burette apparatus for determination of matric pressures from 0 kPa to −20 kPa;
c) method using a pressurized gas and a pressure plate extractor for determination of matric pressures from −5 kPa to −1 500 kPa;
d) method using a pressurized gas and pressure membrane cells for determination of matric pressures from −33 kPa to −1 500 kPa.
Guidelines are given to select the most suitable method in a particular case.

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ISO 11274:1998

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ISO 11274:1998/Cor 1:2009

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ISO 11274:2019
60.60 Standard published
Sep 21, 2019