ISO 18386:2025

Soil quality. Screening method for soil temperature. Measurement by infrared (IR) thermometer

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Published:

12 Jun 2025

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1 Scope

This document specifies a method for quick measurement of soil temperature using an infrared (IR) thermometer.

The method is applicable to a variety of technical fields, including geology, geotechnics, biology and agricultural sciences, as well as climate change studies and metrological investigation.

NOTE The method designated in this document is recognized as a quick measurement in ISO 4974 and meets the definition of screening method as designated in ISO 12404:2021, 3.2.

Product Details

Descriptors

Soils

Test equipment

Screening equipment

Common terms

Measurement

Testing

Thermometers

ICS Codes

13.080.05 Examination of soils in general

Committee

EH/4

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