DIN Standards Committee Food and Agricultural Products
Soil improvers and growing media - Determination of organic matter content and ash
Abstract
This document specifies a routine method for determining the organic matter and the ash content of soil improvers and growing media. NOTE The loss on ignition (LOI) is often used as an estimate for the content of organic matter in the sample. Inorganic substances or decomposition products (e.g. H2O, CO2, SO2, O2) are released or absorbed and some inorganic substances are volatile under the reaction conditions. Thus, a conversion to the organic carbon content is not possible.
Begin
2022-12-31
WI
00223099
Planned document number
prEN 13039
Responsible national committee
NA 057-03-01 AA - Soil improvers and growing media
Responsible european committee
CEN/TC 223/WG 4 - Analytical methods
draft standard
Soil improvers and growing media - Determination of organic matter content and ash
2025-10
Order from DIN Media
previous edition(s)
Soil improvers and growing media - Determination of organic matter content and ash
2011-11
