Designation:D2944−22StandardPracticeofSamplingProcessedPeatMaterialsforHorticulturalPurposes1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD2944;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope*1.1Thispracticecoverstheprocedureforobtainingarepresentativesampleofprocessedpeatmaterialfromcom-pressedbalesorbulkloosematerialsources.Thisprocedureisapplicableforsamplingpeatmaterialsforhorticulturalpur-posesandproducesasamplethatisrepresentativeofpeatmaterialsthatmaybeheterogeneousinnature.Producingarepresentativesampleofamaterialiscentraltothevalidityoftheresultsforanytestingoranalyticalprocedurewhichcanbeusedtoverifythegradeofpeat.1.2Units—ThevaluesstatedinSIunitsaretoberegardedasthestandard.Thevaluesgiveninparenthesesareprovidedforinformationonlyandarenotconsideredstandard.1.3AllobservedandcalculatedvaluesshallconfirmtotheguidelinesforsignificantdigitsandroundingestablishedinPracticeD6026.1.3.1Theproceduresusedtospecifyhowdataarecollected/recordedorcalculatedinthisstandardareregardedastheindustrystandard.Inaddition,theyarerepresentativeofthesignificantdigitsthatgenerallyshouldberetained.Theproce-duresuseddonotconsidermaterialvariation,purposeforobtainingthedata,specialpurposestudies,oranyconsider-ationsfortheuser’sobjectives;anditiscommonpracticetoincreaseorreducesignificantdigitsofreporteddatatobecommensuratewiththeseconsiderations.Itisbeyondthescopeofthisstandardtoconsidersignificantdigitsusedinanalysismethodsforengineeringdesign.1.4Thispracticeoffersasetofinstructionsforperformingoneormorespecificoperations.Thisdocumentcannotreplaceeducationorexperienceandshouldbeusedinconjunctionwithprofessionaljudgment.Notallaspectsofthispracticemaybeapplicableinallcircumstances.ThisASTMstandardisnotintendedtorepresentorreplacethestandardofcarebywhichtheadequacyofag...
