Designation:D2980−17StandardTestMethodforSaturatedDensity,Moisture-HoldingCapacity,andPorosityofSaturatedPeatMaterials1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD2980;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope*1.1Thistestmethodwasdesignedtoevaluatetheaeration,waterpenetration,andwaterretentionpropertiesofpeatunderfieldconditionsofwatersaturationbymeasurementofthesaturateddensity,themoistureholdingcapacity,andtheporosity.1.2Units—ThevaluesstatedinSIunitsarebeingregardedasstandard.Thevaluesgiveninparenthesesaremathematicalconversionstoinch-poundunits,whichareprovidedforinformationonlyandarenotconsideredstandard.1.3AllobservedandcalculatedvaluesshallconformtotheguidelinesforsignificantdigitsandroundingestablishedinPracticeD6026.1.3.1Theproceduresusedtospecifyhowdataarecollected/recordedorcalculatedinthisstandardareregardedastheindustrystandard.Inaddition,theyarerepresentativeofthesignificantdigitsthatgenerallyshouldberetained.Theproce-duresuseddonotconsidermaterialvariation,purposeforobtainingthedata,specialpurposestudies,oranyconsider-ationsfortheuser’sobjectives;anditiscommonpracticetoincreaseorreducesignificantdigitsofreporteddatatobecommensuratewiththeseconsiderations.Itisbeyondthescopeofthisstandardtoconsidersignificantdigitsusedinanalysismethodsforengineeringdesign1.4Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappro-priatesafetyandhealthpracticesanddeterminetheapplica-bilityofregulatorylimitationspriortouse.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2D653TerminologyRelatingtoSoil,Rock,andContainedFluidsD2974TestMethodsforMoisture,Ash,andOrganicMatterofPeatandOtherOrganicSoilsD3740PracticeforMinimumRequirementsforAgenciesEngagedinTestingand/orInspec...
