CCIL / LABORATORY INSPECTION CHECKLIST

Standard Test method for Bulk Specific Gravity and Density of

No-Absorptive Compacted Bituminous Mixtures
ASTM D2726-10

APPARATUS:

1. Balance / Clause 6.1

a. Conforms to D4753 as a Class GP2 Balance ……………………………………… ____

b. Equipped with a suitable apparatus to determine the weight of the
Briquette while suspended in water ………………………………………………… ____
c. Thin wire (smallest practical size) to suspend the briquette and holder………… ____

2. Water Bath / Clause 6.2

a. Of suitable size for immersing the sample in water while suspended …………... ____
b. Water level to be maintained by an overflow spout (mandatory) ……................. ____
c. Water temperature maintained at 25 ± 1°C (77 ± 1.8°F) …………………………. ____

TEST SPECIMEN (laboratory and field) / Section 8.0

a. Diameter at least equal to 4 times the maximum size of the aggregate? ………. ____
b. Sawed specimens – length of sides at least equal to 4 times the maximum
size of the aggregate? ……………………………………………………………….. ____
c. Thickness at least 1 ½ times the maximum size of the aggregate? …………….. ____
d. Field samples stored in a safe, cool environment? ……………………………….. ____
e. Field samples free of foreign material? …………………………………………….. ____

PROCEDURE

Field Samples (e.g. cores and pavement) / Clause 9.1

a. Sample completely submerged in water bath at 25 ± 1°C (77 ± 1.8°F) for

4 ± 1 minute – record mass? ………………………………………………………… ____
- If temp of specimens differs from water temp by more than 2°C, immerse in
water bath for 10 to 15 minutes.
b. Sample surfaced dried with a damp cloth – mass determined in air? ……………____
c. Dried sample to a constant mass at 110 ± 5°C (230 ± 9°F) – cooled and
weighed in air? ………………………………………………………………………… ____

Laboratory Prepared Samples / Clause 9.2

a. Sample allowed to cool in air for at least 1 hr before determining mass in air? .. ____
b. Sample completely submerged in water bath at 25 ± 1°C (77 ± 1.8°F) for
4 ± 1 minutes – record mass? ………………………………………………………. ____
c. Repeat b and c as described under Field Samples? ……………........................ ____
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Standard Test method for Bulk Specific Gravity and Density of

No-Absorptive Compacted Bituminous Mixtures
ASTM D2726-10

CALCULATIONS / Clause 10.0

a. Calculated bulk specific gravity of sample? ………………………………… _____

Example: Bulk sp gr = A/(B - C)

Where:

A = Mass of dry sample in air, g,

B = Mass of saturated surface-dry sample in air g,
C = Mass of sample in water, g,

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