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BRITISH STANDARD BS EN 13535:2001 Incorporating Corrigendum No Fertilizers and liming materials — Classification The European Standard EN 13535:2001 has the status of a British Standard Confirmed June 2011 ICS 65.080 NO COPYING WITHOUT BSI PERMISSION EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY COPYRIGHT LAW BS EN 13535:2001 National foreword This British Standard is the official English language version of EN 13535:2001 It supersedes BS 5551-1.1:1984 which is withdrawn The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee CII/37, Fertilizers and related chemicals, which has the responsibility to: — aid enquirers to understand the text; — present to the responsible European committee any enquiries on the interpretation, or proposals for change, and keep the UK interests informed; — monitor related international and European developments and promulgate them in the UK A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its secretary Cross-references The British Standards which implement international or European publications referred to in this document may be found in the BSI Standards Catalogue under the section entitled “International Standards Correspondence Index”, or by using the “Find” facility of the BSI Standards Electronic Catalogue A British Standard does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract Users of British Standards are responsible for their correct application Compliance with a British Standard does not of itself confer immunity from legal obligations This British Standard, having been prepared under the direction of the Sector Committee for Materials and Chemical, was published under the authority of the Standards Committee and comes into effect on 15 May 2001 Summary of pages This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, the EN title page, pages to and a back cover The BSI copyright date displayed in this document indicates when the document was last issued Amendments issued since publication Amd No © BSI 07-2001 ISBN 580 37273 Date 13260 September Corrigendum No 2001 Comments Correction to Figure EN 13535 EUROPEAN STANDARD NORME EUROPÉENNE EUROPÄISCHE NORM March 2001 ICS 65.080 English version Fertilizers and liming materials — Classification Engrais et amendements calciques et/ou magnésiens — Classification Düngemittel und Calcium-/MagnesiumBodenverbesserungsmittel — Einteilung This European Standard was approved by CEN on 20 January 2001 CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the Management Centre or to any CEN member This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German) A version in any other language made by translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the Management Centre has the same status as the official versions CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR STANDARDIZATION COMITÉ EUROPÉEN DE NORMALISATION EUROPÄISCHES KOMITEE FÜR NORMUNG Management Centre: rue de Stassart, 36 © 2001 CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CEN national Members B-1050 Brussels Ref No EN 13535:2001 E Page EN 13535:2001 Foreword This European Standard has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN /TC 260, Fertilizers and liming materials, the Secretariat of which is held by DIN This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by September 2001, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by September 2001 According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom © BSI 07-2001 Page EN 13535:2001 Introduction The classification scheme includes an explanation of the meaning of each heading and clearly assigns each fertilizer or liming material to an appropriate group whilst recognizing that a few fertilizers or liming materials may be classified differently in some countries The limits for nutrient contents which determine each class can be subject to national legislation Owing to historical and legislative differences between countries, this European Standard uses, in the descriptions, terms only and not chemical symbols to denote nutrients This avoids ambiguity between the elemental or oxide forms and leaves each country free to declare nutrient contents according to national requirements The descriptions given in clause are not definitions but are given to explain the definitions to be found in EN 12944 These descriptions may not necessarily correspond with those used in national legislation Scope This European Standard establishes a classification scheme for fertilizers and liming materials Normative references This European Standard incorporates by dated or undated reference, provisions from other publications These normative references are cited at the appropriate places in the text and the publications are listed hereafter For dated references, subsequent amendments to or revisions of any of these publications apply to this European Standard only when incorporated in it by amendment or revision For undated references the latest edition of the publication referred to applies (including amendments) EN 12944 (all parts), Fertilizers and liming materials — Vocabulary Terms and definitions For the purposes of this European Standard, the terms and definitions given in EN 12944 apply Classification NOTE The classification scheme is shown in Figure 4.1 Inorganic fertilizers and liming materials 4.1.1 Inorganic fertilizers: Fertilizers added to the soil especially for the nutrition of plants and in which the declared nutrients are in the form of inorganic salts obtained by extraction and/or by physical and/or chemical industrial processes NOTE Calcium cyanamide, urea and its condensation and association products and bone superphosphate may, by convention, be classed as inorganic fertilizers © BSI 07-2001 Page EN 13535:2001 4.1.1.1 N, P, K fertilizers 4.1.1.1.1 Straight N, P, K fertilizers 4.1.1.1.1.1 Straight nitrogenous fertilizers (N): Fertilizers which have a declarable nitrogen content and which may contain other elements, but which not have declarable phosphorus and/or potassium contents 4.1.1.1.1.2 Straight phosphatic fertilizers (P): Fertilizers which have a declarable phosphorus content and which may contain other elements, but which not have declarable nitrogen and/or potassium contents 4.1.1.1.1.3 Straight potassic fertilizers (K): Fertilizers which have a declarable potassium content and which may contain other elements, but which not have declarable nitrogen and/or phosphorus contents 4.1.1.1.2 Compound N, P, K fertilizers 4.1.1.1.2.1 NP compound fertilizers: Fertilizers which have declarable nitrogen and phosphorus contents and which may contain other elements, but which not have a declarable potassium content 4.1.1.1.2.2 NK compound fertilizers: Fertilizers which have declarable nitrogen and potassium contents and which may contain other elements, but which not have a declarable phosphorus content 4.1.1.1.2.3 PK compound fertilizers: Fertilizers which have declarable phosphorus and potassium contents and which may contain other elements, but which not have a declarable nitrogen content 4.1.1.1.2.4 NPK compound fertilizers: Fertilizers which have declarable nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium contents and which may contain other elements 4.1.1.2 Ca, Mg, Na, S fertilizers: Fertilizers which contain one or more of the elements calcium, magnesium, sodium and sulfur and which not have declarable nitrogen, phosphorus or potassium contents and are, therefore, not classified as straight or compound N, P, K fertilizers NOTE These products differ from Ca, Mg liming materials in that their principal function is the nutrition of plants 4.1.1.3 Micro-nutrient fertilizers: Fertilizers which have declarable contents of one or more micronutrients, but which not have declarable nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, calcium, magnesium or sodium contents 4.1.2 Inorganic liming materials 4.1.2.1 General description Inorganic soil improvers containing one or both of the elements calcium and magnesium, generally in the form of the oxide, hydroxide, carbonate or silicate, intended principally to maintain or raise the pH of the soil or water NOTE They not have declarable nitrogen, phosphorus or potassium contents NOTE With respect to liming materials, in France, the expression “amendement minéral basique” is now preferred to “amendement calcique et/ou magnésien (liming product)” in the meaning of a product having an effect on the pH of the soil 4.1.2.2 Liming materials of natural origin 4.1.2.2.1 Ca, Mg carbonates (limestone, dolomite, chalk): Inorganic liming materials containing one or both of the elements calcium and magnesium, in the form of carbonate, intended principally to maintain or raise the pH of the soil or water © BSI 07-2001 Page EN 13535:2001 4.1.2.2.2 Ca, Mg oxides and hydroxides: Inorganic liming materials containing one or both of the elements calcium and magnesium, in the form of oxide and/or hydroxide, intended principally to maintain or raise the pH of the soil or water 4.1.2.3 Other liming materials 4.1.2.3.1 Industrial products containing Ca, Mg carbonates, oxides and hydroxides: Inorganic liming materials containing one or both of the elements calcium and magnesium, generally in the form of oxides, hydroxides or carbonates, obtained as products from industrial processes, intended principally to maintain or raise the pH of the soil or water 4.1.2.3.2 Industrial products containing Ca, Mg silicates: Inorganic liming materials containing one or both of the elements calcium and magnesium, generally in the form of silicates, obtained as products from industrial processes such as blast furnaces and converters, intended principally to maintain or raise the pH of the soil or water 4.1.2.3.3 Other inorganic liming materials: Inorganic compounds with liming properties such as ashes and soda, or mixtures of products classified under 4.1.2.2.1, 4.1.2.2.2, 4.1.2.3.1 and 4.1.2.3.2, intended principally to maintain or raise the pH of the soil or water 4.2 4.2.1 Organic fertilizers General description Carbonaceous materials added to the soil specifically for the nutrition of plants, and having a declarable content of nitrogen and/or phosphorus and/or potassium of vegetable and/or animal origin 4.2.2 Organic nitrogenous fertilizers: Materials of vegetable and/or animal origin in which the declarable nitrogen content is organically combined with carbon and which may contain other elements, but which not have declarable phosphorus or potassium contents 4.2.3 Synthetic organic nitrogenous fertilizers: Nitrogenous fertilizers in which the nitrogen is combined with carbon by industrial organic synthesis NOTE This category only exists in those countries in which urea condensates are not classified as inorganic fertilizers 4.2.4 NP organic fertilizers: Organic fertilizers which have, in addition to nitrogen, a declarable content of phosphorus of vegetable and/or animal origin, and which may contain other elements, but which not have a declarable potassium content NOTE In some countries, bone meals are classified as semi-organic fertilizers NOTE Synthetic NP organic fertilizers may be produced in some countries 4.2.5 NK organic fertilizers: Organic fertilizers which have, in addition to nitrogen, a declarable content of potassium of vegetable and/or animal origin, and which may contain other elements, but which not have a declarable phosphorus content NOTE Synthetic NK organic fertilizers may be produced in some countries 4.2.6 NPK organic fertilizers: Organic fertilizers which have, in addition to nitrogen, declarable contents of phosphorus and potassium of vegetable and/or animal origin, and which may contain other elements 4.2.7 NP, NK, NPK fertilizers containing synthetic organic nitrogen: NP, NK or NPK compound fertilizers containing declarable amounts of synthetic organic nitrogen © BSI 07-2001 Page EN 13535:2001 4.3 Fertilizers of mixed origin 4.3.1 Organo-mineral fertilizers: Products in which the declarable nutrients are of both organic and inorganic origin, obtained by mixing and/or chemical combination of organic fertilizers and inorganic fertilizers NOTE The term “semi-organic fertilizer” is used in some countries for these products NOTE In some countries in which urea condensates are not classified as inorganic fertilizers, the term “organo-mineral fertilizer” is reserved for those products which contain nitrogen of vegetable and/or animal origin only 4.3.2 Organic-based fertilizers: Products in which the declarable nutrients are of inorganic origin but which are mixed with organic materials such as peat or lignite NOTE In some countries, peat-based products are classified as semi-organic fertilizers NOTE In some countries, organic materials in which fertilizer has been incorporated can equally be classified as organic soil improvers containing fertilizer © BSI 07-2001 Page EN 13535:2001 © BSI 07-2001 BS EN 13535:2001 BSI — British Standards Institution BSI is the independent national body responsible for preparing British Standards It 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