ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 13196 First edition 2013-03-01 Soil quality Screening soils for selected elements by energy- dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry using a handheld or portable instrument Qualité du sol - Analyse rapide d'une selection d'éléments dans les sols a I'aide d'un spectrometre de fluorescence X a dispersion d'énergie portable ou portatif Reference number ISO 13196:2013(E) LSO @ IS0 2013 I without license from IHS Not for Resale IS0 13196:2013(E) COPYRIGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENT @ISO2013 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized otherwise in any form written permission. Permission can be requested from either ISO at the address below or ISO's member body in the country of the requester. ISOcopyrightoffice Case postale 56:CH-1211 Geneva 20 Tel. + 41 22 749 01 11 Fax + 41 22 749 09 47 E-mail copyright@iso.org Web www.iso.org Published in Switzerland @ IS0 2013 - All rights reserved networking permitted without license from IHS Not for Resale IS0 13196:2013(E) Contents Page Foreword ..iv Introduction. ..V 1 Scope. ..1 2 Normative references 3 Terms and definitions ..1 4 Principle ..2 5 Apparatus 2 5.1 X-ray fluorescence spectrometer (XRF) .2 5.2 Container for sampling and preparation 2 5.3 Spoon 2 5.4 Sieve (optional) . .2 5.5 Sample cup for portable XRF 2 5.6 Sample container for handheld XRF 2 5.7 Drying device (optional) .2 6 Procedure .3 6.1 General. .3 6.2 Performance check of instrument 3 6.3 Calibration .3 6.4 In situ measurement .3 6.5 Analysis of soil with sampling .4 7 Quality control ..4 7.1 Performance test by standard reference material ..4 7.2 Energy calibration .5 8 Test report ..5 Annex A (informative) Precision data ..6 Bibliography .12 iii ded by IHS under lic cense with ISt d without license from IHS Not for Resale