1 AS 4969.

6—2008

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Australian Standard
Analysis of acid sulfate soil—Dried samples—
AS 4969.6—2008

Methods of test
Method 6: Determination of acid extractable
sulfur in soil residue after peroxide oxidation
(SRAS)
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PREFACE
This Standard was prepared by the Australian members of the Joint Standards
Australia/Standards New Zealand for Committee EV-009, Sampling and Analysis of Soil
and Biota, Working Group EV-009-02-01, Analysis of Acid Sulfate Soil,
The objective of this Standard is to provide a method for the determination of residual acid
soluble sulfur (S RAS) in acid sulfate soil after peroxide oxidation.

METHOD

1 SCOPE
This Standard specifies a method for the determination of residual acid soluble sulfur (S RAS)
in acid sulfate soil after peroxide digestion (AS 4969.3) and the determination of peroxide
sulfur (S P) (AS 4969.5).
In order to perform this method, AS 4969.3 and AS 4969.5 shall have already been
performed on the same test portion.
NOTES:
1 This extraction procedure recovers the relatively insoluble iron and aluminium hydroxy
sulfate compounds (e.g. jarosite, natrojarosite, basaluminite) which are not measured to any
significant extent in S P.
2 S RAS , unlike S NAS , (AS 4969.11) does not measure significant sulfur from organic matter as
this is removed during rinsing of the soil residue. Some laboratories may prefer to perform
S NAS analysis for operational reasons.
3 This procedure would normally only be performed on a soil with a potassium chloride
pH < 4.5 (pH KCl , (AS 4969.2) or where jarosite/natrojarosite and similar minerals have been
identified in the soil when it was sampled.

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