IS 1999 : 1987 Methods of sampling bauxite

UDC 622.349.21 : 343.05 MTD 13

Reaffirmed 2024

1 Scope

1.1 This standard prescribes the methods for sampling of bauxitefrom conveyors, wagons, stockpiles and also from ship consignments.Methods for sample preparation for determining chemicalcharacteristics and moisture content, as well as estimation of sizedistribution have been given in detail.

2 References

IS 2 :1960 Rules for rounding offnumerical values

IS 4905 : 1969Methods of random sampling