IS 10753 : 1983 Code of practice for preservation of wooden sleepers for railway track by pressure treatment

1 Scope

1.1 This standard covers perservation of railway wooden sleeperswith different preservatives using pressure processes.

2 References

IS 2 :1960 Rules for rounding off numericalvalues

IS 218 :1983Specification for creosote and anthracene oilfor use as wood preservatives

IS 401 :1982Code of practice for preservation of timber

IS 1593 :1971Specification for fuel oils

IS 10013 : Part 1 :1981 Specification for water soluble type woodpreservatives:Part 1 Acid-copper-chrome (ACC) woodpreservative

IS 10013 : Part 2 :1981 Specification for water soluble type woodpreservatives:Part 2 Copper-chrome-arsenic (CCA) woodpreservative

IS 10394 :1982Specification for wooden sleepers for railwaytrack