Designation:D4696−18StandardGuideforPore-LiquidSamplingfromtheVadoseZone1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD4696;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope*1.1Thisguidecoverstheequipmentandproceduresusedforsamplingpore-liquidfromthevadosezone(unsaturatedzone).Theguideislimitedtoinsitutechniquesanddoesnotincludesoilcorecollectionandextractionmethodsforobtain-ingsamples.1.2Theterm“pore-liquid”isapplicableforliquidsfromaqueouspore-liquidtooil.However,thesamplersdescribedinthisguideweredesigned,andareusedtosampleaqueouspore-liquidsonly.Theabilitiesofthesesamplerstocollectotherpore-liquidsmaybequitedifferentthanthosedescribed.1.3Someofthesamplersdescribedinthisguidearenotcurrentlycommerciallyavailable.Thesesamplersarepre-sentedbecausetheymayhavebeenavailableinthepast,andmaybeencounteredatsiteswithestablishedvadosezonemonitoringprograms.Inaddition,someofthesedesignsareparticularlysuitedtospecificsituations.Ifneeded,thesesamplerscouldbefabricated.1.4ThevaluesstatedinSIunitsaretoberegardedasstandard.Nootherunitsofmeasurementareincludedinthisstandard.1.5Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappro-priatesafety,health,andenvironmentalpracticesanddeter-minetheapplicabilityofregulatorylimitationspriortouse.1.6Thisguideoffersanorganizedcollectionofinformationoraseriesofoptionsanddoesnotrecommendaspecificcourseofaction.Thisdocumentcannotreplaceeducationorexperienceandshouldbeusedinconjunctionwithprofessionaljudgment.Notallaspectsofthisguidemaybeapplicableinallcircumstances.ThisASTMstandardisnotintendedtorepre-sentorreplacethestandardofcarebywhichtheadequacyofagivenprofessionalservicemustbejudged,norshouldthisdocumentbeappliedwithoutconsiderationof...
