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Soil Testing and Scientific Research

Contract Laboratory can help you with all your Soil testing, analysis, scientific research and development, inspection, certification, engineering, failure investigation, and product development needs including:

  • optical examination Testing
  • mineral identification Testing
  • chemistry Testing
  • cementation Testing
  • Slake Durability Testing
  • ABA and NAG Testing
  • nitrate Testing
  • moisture content Testing
  • density Testing
  • gravity Testing
  • ph Testing
  • conductivity Testing
  • strength Testing
  • salt Testing
  • organic matter Testing
  • texture Testing
  • plasticity Testing
  • shearing Testing
  • silkiness Testing
  • isotopes Testing
  • Plasticity Testing
  • in-situ moisture content Testing
  • in-situ strength Testing
  • compressive strength Testing
  • compaction Testing
  • Bioaccumulation Testing
  • Carbonate Content Testing
  • Shrinkage Factors Testing
  • Damping Properties Testing
  • Modulus Properties Testing
  • Accelerated Weathering Testing
  • Frost Heave Susceptibility Testing
  • Thaw Weakening Testing
  • Infiltration Rate Testing
  • Hydraulic Conductivity Ratio (HCR) Testing
  • Torsional Ring Shear Testing Testing
  • Drained Residual Shear Strength Testing
  • Terrestrial Soil-Core Microcosm Test Testing
  • Contaminant Sorption Testing
  • Mechanical Cone Penetration Testing
  • Filtration Compatibility Testing
  • Soluble Salt Content Testing
  • Sand Equivalent Value Testing
  • Electronic Friction Cone Penetration Testing
  • Piezocone Penetration Testing
  • Lime Content Testing
  • Inorganic Matter Content Testing
  • Normalized Penetration Resistance Testing
  • Liquid Limit Testing
  • Plastic Limit Testing
  • Plasticity Index Testing
  • Cation Exchange Capacity Testing
  • Exchange Complex Testing
  • California Bearing Ratio Testing
  • Standard Penetration Test (SPT) Testing
  • Dispersive Characteristics Testing
  • Expansion Index Testing
  • Organic Matter Content Testing
  • Testing

Soil Test Method and Standards:

Soil products maybe tested according to many different Soil Test Method and Standards including:

  • BS 1377 Methods of test for soils for civil engineering
  • ASTM C1000-11 Standard Test Method for Radiochemical Determination of Uranium Isotopes in Soil by Alpha Spectrometry
  • ASTM D7830/D7830M-14 Standard Test Method for In-Place Density (Unit Weight) and Water Content of Soil Using an Electromagnetic Soil Density Gauge
  • ASTM D4452-14 Standard Practice for X-Ray Radiography of Soil Samples
  • ASTM D854-14 Standard Test Methods for Specific Gravity of Soil Solids by Water Pycnometer
  • ASTM D4221-17 Standard Test Method for Dispersive Characteristics of Clay Soil by Double Hydrometer
  • ASTM D5435-13 Standard Test Method for Diagnostic Soil Test for Plant Growth and Food Chain Protection
  • ASTM C1001-11 Standard Test Method for Radiochemical Determination of Plutonium in Soil by Alpha Spectroscopy
  • ASTM E2172-01(2014) Standard Guide for Conducting Laboratory Soil Toxicity Tests with the Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans
  • ASTM D6780/D6780M-12 Standard Test Method for Water Content and Density of Soil In situ by Time Domain Reflectometry (TDR)
  • ASTM D7262-10(2016)e1 Standard Test Method for Estimating the Permanganate Natural Oxidant Demand of Soil and Aquifer Solids
  • ASTM G160-12 Standard Practice for Evaluating Microbial Susceptibility of Nonmetallic Materials By Laboratory Soil Burial
  • ASTM D7300-11 Standard Test Method for Laboratory Determination of Strength Properties of Frozen Soil at a Constant Rate of Strain
  • ASTM D5520-11 Standard Test Method for Laboratory Determination of Creep Properties of Frozen Soil Samples by Uniaxial Compression
  • ASTM D7380-15 Standard Test Method for Soil Compaction Determination at Shallow Depths Using 5-lb (2.3 kg) Dynamic Cone Penetrometer
  • ASTM D5334-14 Standard Test Method for Determination of Thermal Conductivity of Soil and Soft Rock by Thermal Needle Probe Procedure
  • ASTM D6938-17 Standard Test Methods for In-Place Density and Water Content of Soil and Soil-Aggregate by Nuclear Methods (Shallow Depth)
  • ASTM D5143-06(2015)e1 Standard Test Method for Analysis of Nitroaromatic and Nitramine Explosive in Soil by High Performance Liquid Chromatography
  • ASTM D1557-12e1 Standard Test Methods for Laboratory Compaction Characteristics of Soil Using Modified Effort (56
  • 000 ft-lbf/ft3 (2
  • 700 kN-m/m3))
  • ASTM D4404-10 Standard Test Method for Determination of Pore Volume and Pore Volume Distribution of Soil and Rock by Mercury Intrusion Porosimetry
  • ASTM D7968-17a Standard Test Method for Determination of Polyfluorinated Compounds in Soil by Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectrometry (LC/MS/MS)
  • ASTM D7698-11a Standard Test Method for In-Place Estimation of Density and Water Content of Soil and Aggregate by Correlation with Complex Impedance Method
  • ASTM D7458-14 Standard Test Method for Determination of Beryllium in Soil
  • Rock
  • Sediment
  • and Fly Ash Using Ammonium Bifluoride Extraction and Fluorescence Detection
  • ASTM D6035/D6035M-13 Standard Test Method for Determining the Effect of Freeze-Thaw on Hydraulic Conductivity of Compacted or Intact Soil Specimens Using a Flexible Wall Permeameter
  • ASTM E2686-09(2015) Standard Test Method for Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Solvents Absorbed/Adsorbed By Simulated Soil Impacted by Pesticide Emulsifiable Concentrate (EC) Applications
  • ASTM E1676-12 Standard Guide for Conducting Laboratory Soil Toxicity or Bioaccumulation Tests with the Lumbricid Earthworm Eisenia Fetida and the Enchytraeid Potworm Enchytraeus albidus
  • ASTM D7858-13 Standard Test Method for Determination of Bisphenol A in Soil
  • Sludge and Biosolids by Pressurized Fluid Extraction and Analyzed by Liquid Chromatography/Tandem Mass Spectrometry
  • ASTM D8064-16 Standard Test Method for Elemental Analysis of Soil and Solid Waste by Monochromatic Energy Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry Using Multiple Monochromatic Excitation Beams
  • ASTM D8018-15 Standard Test Method for Determination of (Tri-n-butyl)-n-tetradecylphosphonium chloride (TTPC) in Soil by Multiple Reaction Monitoring Liquid Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (LC/MS/MS)
  • ASTM D7101-13 Standard Index Test Method for Determination of Unvegetated Rolled Erosion Control Product (RECP) Ability to Protect Soil from Rain Splash and Associated Runoff Under Bench-Scale Conditions
  • ASTM E2787-11(2016) Standard Test Method for Determination of Thiodiglycol in Soil Using Pressurized Fluid Extraction Followed by Single Reaction Monitoring Liquid Chromatography/Tandem Mass Spectrometry (LC/MS/MS)
  • ASTM E2866-12(2016) Standard Test Method for Determination of Diisopropyl Methylphosphonate
  • Ethyl Methylphosphonic Acid
  • Isopropyl Methylphosphonic Acid
  • Methylphosphonic Acid and Pinacolyl Methylphosphonic Acid in Soil by Pressurized Fluid Extraction and Analyzed by Liquid Chromatography/Tandem Mass Spectrometry
  • ASTM D2435/D2435M-11 Standard Test Methods for One-Dimensional Consolidation Properties of Soils Using Incremental Loading
  • ASTM D7181-11 Standard Test Method for Consolidated Drained Triaxial Compression Test for Soils
  • ASTM D4373-14 Standard Test Method for Rapid Determination of Carbonate Content of Soils
  • ASTM D7928-17 Standard Test Method for Particle-Size Distribution (Gradation) of Fine-Grained Soils Using the Sedimentation (Hydrometer) Analysis
  • ASTM D6539-13 Standard Test Method for Measurement of the Permeability of Unsaturated Porous Materials by Flowing Air
  • ASTM D4943-18 Standard Test Method for Shrinkage Factors of Cohesive Soils by the Water Submersion Method
  • ASTM D3999/D3999M-11e1 Standard Test Methods for the Determination of the Modulus and Damping Properties of Soils Using the Cyclic Triaxial Apparatus
  • ASTM D5918-13e1 Standard Test Methods for Frost Heave and Thaw Weakening Susceptibility of Soils
  • ASTM D4546-14e1 Standard Test Methods for One-Dimensional Swell or Collapse of Soils
  • ASTM D3385-18 Standard Test Method for Infiltration Rate of Soils in Field Using Double-Ring Infiltrometer
  • ASTM D5567-94(2018) Standard Test Method for Hydraulic Conductivity Ratio (HCR) Testing of Soil/Geotextile Systems
  • ASTM D6467-13e1 Standard Test Method for Torsional Ring Shear Test to Determine Drained Residual Shear Strength of Cohesive Soils
  • ASTM D7181-11 Standard Test Method for Consolidated Drained Triaxial Compression Test for Soils
  • ASTM D5567-94(2018) Standard Test Method for Hydraulic Conductivity Ratio (HCR) Testing of Soil/Geotextile Systems
  • ASTM D6467-13e1 Standard Test Method for Torsional Ring Shear Test to Determine Drained Residual Shear Strength of Cohesive Soils
  • ASTM E1197-12 Standard Guide for Conducting a Terrestrial Soil-Core Microcosm Test
  • ASTM D4646-16 Standard Test Method for 24-h Batch-Type Measurement of Contaminant Sorption by Soils and Sediments
  • ASTM D7664-10 Standard Test Methods for Measurement of Hydraulic Conductivity of Unsaturated Soils
  • ASTM D3441-16 Standard Test Method for Mechanical Cone Penetration Testing of Soils
  • ASTM D5101-12(2017) Standard Test Method for Measuring the Filtration Compatibility of Soil-Geotextile Systems
  • ASTM D4542-15 Standard Test Methods for Pore Water Extraction and Determination of the Soluble Salt Content of Soils by Refractometer
  • ASTM D7100-11 Standard Test Method for Hydraulic Conductivity Compatibility Testing of Soils with Aqueous Solutions
  • ASTM D2419-14 Standard Test Method for Sand Equivalent Value of Soils and Fine Aggregate
  • ASTM D1558-10 Standard Test Method for Moisture Content Penetration Resistance Relationships of Fine-Grained Soils
  • ASTM D5778-12 Standard Test Method for Electronic Friction Cone and Piezocone Penetration Testing of Soils
  • ASTM D3155-11 Standard Test Method for Lime Content of Uncured Soil-Lime Mixtures
  • ASTM D6066-11 Standard Practice for Determining the Normalized Penetration Resistance of Sands for Evaluation of Liquefaction Potential
  • ASTM D4318-17e1 Standard Test Methods for Liquid Limit
  • Plastic Limit
  • and Plasticity Index of Soils
  • ASTM D7503-18 Standard Test Method for Measuring the Exchange Complex and Cation Exchange Capacity of Inorganic Fine-Grained Soils
  • ASTM D1883-16 Standard Test Method for California Bearing Ratio (CBR) of Laboratory-Compacted Soils
  • ASTM D5831-17 Standard Practice for Screening Fuels in Soils
  • ASTM D2844/D2844M-18 Standard Test Method for Resistance R-Value and Expansion Pressure of Compacted Soils
  • ASTM D1586-11 Standard Test Method for Standard Penetration Test (SPT) and Split-Barrel Sampling of Soils
  • ASTM F3013-13 Standard Test Method for Density of Topsoil and Blended Soils In-place by the Core Displacement Method
  • ASTM D4547-15 Standard Guide for Sampling Waste and Soils for Volatile Organic Compounds
  • ASTM D6572-13e2 Standard Test Methods for Determining Dispersive Characteristics of Clayey Soils by the Crumb Test
  • ASTM C1255-18 Standard Test Method for Analysis of Uranium and Thorium in Soils by Energy Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy
  • ASTM D5316-98(2017) Standard Test Method for 1
  • 2-Dibromoethane and 1
  • 2-Dibromo-3-Chloropropane in Water by Microextraction and Gas Chromatography
  • ASTM D4829-11 Standard Test Method for Expansion Index of Soils
  • ASTM F1647-11 Standard Test Methods for Organic Matter Content of Athletic Field Rootzone Mixes

Soil

Contract Laboratory can help you with all your Soil testing, analysis, scientific research and development, inspection, certification, engineering, failure investigation, and product development of many Soil finished products, processes, systems, in-process materials, raw materials and components including.

  • Sand
  • Clay
  • Silt
  • Topsoil
  • Backfill
  • Loam
  • Humus
  • Peat
  • Chalk
  • Lime
  • Sludge
  • Biosolids
  • Calcareous Soils
  • Fine-Grained Soils
  • Coarse-Grained Soils
  • Cohesive Soils
  • Soil/Geotextile Systems
  • Cohesive Soils
  • Soil-Lime Mixtures
  • Inorganic Soils
  • Blended Soils
  • Athletic Field Rootzone Mixes

Soil Certifications, Licenses, or Accreditations:

Depending on your Soil products, you may need third-party Soil laboratories or research facilities with specific certifications, licenses or accreditations.

  • US EPA
  • OSHA
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