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NOTE4-In
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3.10 Oven
xovided for
men molds,
he required
mended that
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as toSuits
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FIG. 2 Compaction Hamrner
.ecovered. A
iand mixing
resistance. The guide sleeve shall slide freely over thegi 3.12 Wate
rod of the breaking head. Tlie flowmeter gage shaU 152.4 mm)(
adjusted to zero when placed in position on the brealisto maintai
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ASSEMBLY
,
BASE
1 I
;
Breakimg Head
1.8'F (37.8
1C). The 'tank shall have a perforated false
bottom or be equipped with a shelf for supporting specimens
2 jn. (50.8 mm) above the bottom of the bath.
3.13 Air Bath-The air bath for asphalt cut-back mixtiires
shall be thermostatically controlled and shall maintain the
air temperature at 77F I 1.8"F (25 -c 1 .O"C).
3.14 Miscellaneozis Equipment:
3.14.1 Conlainers for heating aggregates, lat-bottom
metal pans-sr other suitable containers.
3.14.2 Conlainers for heating bituminous material, either
gill-type tins, beakers, pouring pots, or saucepans may be
used.
3.14.3 Mixing Tool, either a steel trowel (garden type) or
spatula, for spading and hand mixing.
3.14.4 Thermomefers for determining temperatures of
aggregates, bitumen, and bituminous mixtures. Armoredglass or dial-type thermometers with metal stems are recommended. A range from 50 to 40VF (9.9 to,2D4"C), with
sensitivity of 5F (2.8"C) is required.
3.14.5 Thermomefers for water and air bathi with a range
from 68 to 158'F (20 to 70'C) sensitive to 0.4"F (0.2-C).
3.14.6 Balance, 2-kg capacity, sensitive to 0.1 g, for
weighing moldcd specimens.
3.14.7 Balance, 5-kg capacity, sensitive to 1.0 g, for
batching mixturcs.
3.14.8 G/oves for handling hot equipment.
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ELECT MOTOR
10% of the
intervals o
the weight
4.5 Cor.
4.5.1 TI
the face of
boiling wa
200 and :
paper or p
before the
the mold.
Or trowel
the inteno
mix with i
of the mi:
within the
in 4.3.
4.5.2 R
content.
compactio
wise specil
with a free
SEC'IION .A.A.
operator s
hand as I
.sien Testing Machine
assembly s
reverse ani
r removing specimens from water
after it has lost 50 % of its solvent. The temperarocom~actio
determined from the viscosity temperature chart to whrcom~acti0
s for identifying specimens.
the asphalt cut-back must be heated to produce a viscosi~extractor (
m, for batching aggregates.
280 + 30 cSt after a loss of 50 % of the original solawith
e
or placing the mixture in the
content shall be the compacting temperature.
pressure tc
4.3.4 The temperature to which, tar must be heated force the
produce Eiigler specific viscosities of 25 ir 3 and 40 + 5 shfrom the
be respectively the mixing and compacting temperature. Smooth, n:
temperatu
4.4 Preparation of Mixfures:
4.4.1 Weigh into separate pans for each test specimeni NOTE5amount of each size fraction required to produce a batch Forn.paaion
will result in a compacted specimen 2.5 f 0.05 in.
1.27 mm) in height (about 1200 g). Place the pans on the&ompaction
plate or in the oven and heai to a temperature not exce&esirable k n
the mixing temperature established in 4.3 by more tthigher densi
approximately 50F (28C) for asphalt cement and tar midevice of an:
and 25'F (14'C) for cut-back asphalt mixes. Charge f n
mixing bowl with the heated aggregate and dry mix ibhen
oughly. Form a crater in the dry blended aggregate and W~hatlack sun
the preheated pqpired amount of bituminous material rremovai rror
the mixture." For mixes prepared with cutback as@e mold in
introduce the mixing blade in the mixing bowl and dt?"pe'cy'ini
mine the total weight of the rnix components plus bowl5. Procedi
blade before proceeding with mixing. &re must be exem
to prevent l o s of the mix diiring mixing and subseqx 5.1 Brin
handling. At this point, the temperature of the aggregaterar to the
bituminous material shall be within the lirnits of the mifath 30
temperature established in 4.3. Mix the aggregate
bath
bituminous material rapidly until thoroughly coated. ,he
4.4.2 Following mixing, cure asphalt cutback m i x t u d . m ) for
a ventilated oven maintained at appyoximately 20.F (1 l . ~ ~ ~
above the compaction temperature. Curing is to be [)ath temp
tinued in the mixing bowl until the precalculated weighlean the
50 % solvent loss or more has been obtained. The rnix t' .
mor to m;
be stirred in a mixing bowl dunng curing to acceleralehe upper,
solvent loss. However, care should be exercised to pm
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Vol 14.02.
TABLE 1
Vol-
S. ,,rocedure
us bowl and
of Spedmen.
cm3
2%
57.2
471 lo 4 8 2
25/18
2%
58.7
2%~
2%
61.9
63.5
2%
65.1
66.7
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69.8
71.4
73.0
74.6
523 to 535
538 t0 546
547 lo 559
560 to 573
574 10 5.95
586 to 598
699
61 1 to
lo 610
625
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mm
Conelatim Ratio
Soecimen.
457 10 470
483 10 495
496 to 508
509 lo 522
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32*s/,.
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1.14
60.3
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0.93
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0.89
0.86
0.83
0.81
0.78
0.76
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mdliWed
lhe
tat(ofwthethickness
specimen eguals
m m t e d stamty for a P'h-in. (63.5-mm) SPectmen.
in.
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NOTE 8-For
NOTE 7-For
other than 2'/2
from Table l .
6 . Rcpori
T~G
WR
for Tesrlng and Maferials rakes no position respecfing rhe velidlly olany paren! Nghts assefiad ni connection
Ni lhis slandard. Usen o1 lhis standard ate expressly advissd lhaf delerminatlon o1 rhe vaiidlty o1 any such
k o1 inlringement o1 such righls, are enlirely lheir own responsibillly.
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1. Scope
1.1 These
resistance to
by measurin;
vertical load
the cohesior
sunng the fc
cantilever be
1.2 This J
safefy prohlc
responsibili,
prime safery
bility of regu
1.3 The vi
regarded as t
2. Reference~
2.1 ASTM
D I 5 6 1 Pr;
Test Sp,
Compaci
D 3666 Pr;
Testing a
2.2 Calihr
Test 306
Test 366
3. Significan<
3.1 The re:
be used for s
poses, or botl
specification
They can also
the mix. The .
such as sand 1
pf major or p
sometimes us
emulsified asp
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Wese melhod!
and Psving Materia
Mechanical Tesis o
Curreni edition ;
published as D I5M
A more deiaili
available on reques
Blvd., Sacramento.
re8arding the apent
!he stabilometer dia
'Annual Book o,