IS 5409 : Part 2 : 2025 Agricultural Liming Materials as Soil Amendments - Specification - Part 2 Limestone and Dolomite

ICS 65.080

FAD 07

1 SCOPE

This standard (Part 2) prescribes requirements and the methods of sampling and test for limestone and dolomite to be used as soil amendments.

2 REFERENCES

The standards given below contain provisions which through reference in this text, constitute provisions of this standard. At the time of publication, the editions indicated were valid. All standards are subject to revision, and parties to agreements based on this standard are encouraged to investigate the possibility of applying the most recent edition of these standards:

IS No. Title
IS 997 : 1973 Specification for limestone and dolomite for glass industry (first revision)
IS 1070 : 2023 Reagent grade water - Specification (fourth revision)
IS 2109 : 1982 Methods of sampling dolomite, limestone and other allied materials (first revision)
IS 5409 (Part 1) : 1985 Agricultural liming materials as soil amendments - Specification: Part 1 Hydrated lime and burnt lime (first revision)