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8. Sampling the pycnometer during weighing, quickly redry the outside of the
pycnometer (excluding the top) before recording the mass.
8.1 Take samples in accordance with Practice D 140. The
sample shall be free of foreign substances. 11. Procedure
8.2 Thoroughly mix the sample before removing a repre-
sentative portion for testing. 11.1 Preparation of SampleHeat the sample with care,
stirring to prevent local overheating, until the sample has
9. Preparation of Apparatus become sufficiently fluid to pour. In no case should the
9.1 Partially fill a 600-mL Griffin low-form beaker with temperature be raised to more than 55C above the expected
freshly boiled and cooled distilled or deionized water to a level softening point for tar, or to more than 110C above the
that will allow the top of the pycnometer to be immersed to a expected softening point for asphalt. Do not heat for more than
depth of not less than 40 mm. 60 min, and avoid incorporating air bubbles into the sample.
9.2 Partially immerse the beaker in the water bath to a depth 11.2 Pour enough sample into the clean, dry, warmed
sufficient to allow the bottom of the beaker to be immersed to pycnometer to fill it about three fourths of its capacity. Take
a depth of not less than 100 mm, while the top of the beaker is precautions to keep the material from touching the sides of the
above the water level of the bath. Clamp the beaker in place. pycnometer above the final level and prevent the inclusion of
9.3 Maintain the temperature of the water bath within 0.1C air bubbles (Note 5). Allow the pycnometer and its contents to
of the test temperature. cool to ambient temperature for a period of not less than 40 min
and weigh with the stopper to the nearest 1 mg. Designate the
10. Calibration of Pycnometer mass of the pycnometer plus sample as C.
10.1 Thoroughly clean, dry, and weigh the pycnometer to NOTE 5If any air bubbles are inadvertently occluded, remove by
the nearest 1 mg. Designate this mass as A. brushing the surface of the asphalt in the pycnometer with a high soft
10.2 Remove the beaker from the water bath. Fill the flame of a bunsen burner. To avoid overheating, do not allow the flame to
pycnometer with freshly boiled distilled or deionized water, remain in contact with the asphalt more than a few seconds at any one
time.
placing the stopper loosely in the pycnometer. Place the
pycnometer in the beaker and press the stopper firmly in place. 11.3 Remove the beaker from the water bath. Fill the
Return the beaker to the water bath. pycnometer containing the asphalt with freshly boiled distilled
NOTE 3Calibration must be done at the test temperature. A pycnom-
or deionized water, placing the stopper loosely in the pycnom-
eter calibrated at one temperature cannot be used at a different temperature eter. Do not allow any air bubbles to remain in the pycnometer.
without recalibration at that temperature. Place the pycnometer in the beaker and press the stopper firmly
in place. Return the beaker to the water bath.
10.3 Allow the pycnometer to remain in the water for a
period of not less than 30 min. Remove the pycnometer, 11.4 Allow the pycnometer to remain in the water bath for
immediately dry the top of the stopper with one stroke of a dry a period of not less than 30 min. Remove the pycnometer from
towel (Note 4), then quickly dry the remaining outside area of the bath. Dry and weigh using the same technique and timing
the pycnometer and weigh to the nearest 1 mg. Designate the as that employed in 10.3. Designate this mass of pycnometer
mass of the pycnometer plus water as B. plus sample plus water as D.
NOTE 4Do not redry the top of the stopper even even if a small 12. Calculation
droplet of water forms as a result of expansion. If the top is dried at the
instant of removing the pycnometer from the water, the proper mass of the 12.1 Calculate the relative density to the nearest 0.001 as
contents at the test temperature will be recorded. If moisture condenses on follows:
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TABLE 1 Precision of Specific Gravity Data for Semi-Solid Bituminous Materials
Single-Operator Multilaboratory
Temperature
C Degrees of Degrees of
(1S) (D2S) (1S) (D2S)
Freedom Freedom
Asphalt 15.6 54 0.0011 0.0032 24 0.0018 0.0051
25.0 54 0.00080 0.0023 24 0.0024 0.0068
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