Specification for salt for spreading on highways for winter maintenance (+A1:2016)

BS 3247:2011

British Standards Institution
Specification for salt for spreading on highways for winter maintenance (+A1:2016) Download document

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Current

Supplement

Civil & Structural Supplement

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BS

Abstract

Details performance requirements for fine and course grades of salt. Gives criteria for storing quality, moisture content, grading and chemical composition.

History

Supersedes BS 3247:2011. BS 3247-1 first published May 1960. BS 3247-2 first published July 1963. BS 3247-1 second edition, September 1970. BS 3247-2 second edition, September 1970. First published as BS 3247 (combined third edition), August 1984. Fourth edition, August 1991. Fifth (present) edition, February 2011. Amendment dated 31 July 2013 - C1. In Table 1 in the row Marine salt, Coarse, 6.3 mm has been changed to 10 mm. See Foreword. Amendment dated 31 October 2016 - A1. See Foreword. Confirmed June 2016.

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9780580939181

Subjects

  • Streetworks/road maintenance
  • Roads
  • Civil engineering, infrastructure and public utilities
  • Transport facilities

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