Standard

BS EN ISO 11260:2018

Soil quality. Determination of effective cation exchange capacity and base saturation level using barium chloride solution

Current, Under Review

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Published:

31 May 2018

1 Scope

This document specifies a method for the determination of the cation exchange capacity (CEC) at the pH of the soil and for the determination of the content of exchangeable sodium, potassium, calcium and magnesium in soil.

This document is applicable to all types of air-dried soil samples. ISO 11464 can be used for pre-treatment.

Product Details

Descriptors

Soil testing

Reproducibility

Ion-exchange methods

Calcium

Quality

Determination of content

Atomic absorption spectrophotometry

Potassium

Extraction methods of analysis

Soil science

Cations

Sodium

Interferences (chemical)

Soils

Chemical analysis and testing

Separation methods (chemical analysis)

Magnesium

Flame photometry

Bibliography

ICS Codes

13.080.10 Chemical characteristics of soils

Committee

EH/4

International relationships

Identical to:

EN ISO 11260:2018

ISO 11260:2018

ISBN

978 0 580 89402 2

Publisher

BSI