Designation:D6169/D6169M−13StandardGuideforSelectionofSoilandRockSamplingDevicesUsedWithDrillRigsforEnvironmentalInvestigations1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD6169/D6169M;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope*1.1Thisguidecoversguidancefortheselectionofsoilandrocksamplingdevicesusedwithdrillrigsforthepurposeofcharacterizinginsituphysicalandhydraulicproperties,chemi-calcharacteristics,subsurfacelithology,stratigraphyandstructure,andhydrogeologicunitsinenvironmentalinvestiga-tions.1.2Thisguidedoesnotspecificallyaddressselectionofsoilsamplingdevicesforusewithdirect-pushsamplingsystems,buttheinformationinthisguideonthick-wallandthin-wallsamplersisgenerallyapplicabletodirect-pushsoilsampling.1.3Thisguideshouldbeusedinconjunctionwithrefer-encedASTMguides,practices,andmethodsondrillingtech-niquesforgeoenvironmentalinvestigationsanduseofsam-plingdevicesreferencedin2.1,andwithGuideD5730.1.4Thisguidedoesnotaddressselectionofsamplingdevicesforhand-heldsoilsamplingequipment,andsoilsamplecollectionwithsolid-stemaugeringdevices,orcollec-tionofgrabsamplesorhand-carvedblocksamplesfromaccessibleexcavations.RefertoAppendixX1.2forguidanceonthesetopics.ThisguideshouldbeusedinconjunctionwithGuideD4700whenthin-walled,splitbarrel,ring-linedbarrelandpistonsamplerswithsolid-andhollow-stemaugersareusedintheunsaturatedzone.1.5Thisguidedoesnotaddressdevicesforcollectingcoresfromsubmergedsedimentsorsamplingdevicesforsolidwastes.RefertoGuideD4823forguidanceonthesetopics.1.6ThevaluesstatedineitherSIunitsorinch-poundunitsaretoberegardedseparatelyasstandard.Thevaluesstatedineachsystemmaynotbeexactequivalents;therefore,eachsystemshallbeusedindependentlyoftheother.Combiningvaluesfromthetwosystemsmayresultinnon-conformancewiththestandard.1.7Thisstandarddoesnotpu...
