Scope

This Standard provides general requirements and information for the methods in the AS 1289 series. It provides the following:
(a) A list of related documents.
(b) Definitions.
(c) General requirements for apparatus used in a number of the methods and a list of Standards with which that apparatus is required to comply.
(d) Soil groups for use in a number of the methods and related provisions.
NOTES:
1 A list of all the methods in the AS 1289 series current at the time of publication of this Standard is provided in Appendix A.
2 With the exception of a soil classification test and some soil compaction and density tests, soils with a proportion of material greater than 20% retained on a 37.5 mm AS 1152 sieve cannot be usefully examined by the methods in the AS 1289 series.

General Product Information

Published
Document Type	Standard
Status	Current
Publisher	Standards Australia
Pages
ISBN
Committee	CE-009
Supersedes	AS 1289.0-2000 DR AS 1289.0:2014