AS 4283—1995

Australian Standard
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 This Australian Standard was prepared by Committee CE/6, Asphalt and Sprayed
Surfacing. It was approved on behalf of the Council of Standards Australia on
27 January 1955 and published on 5 May 1995.

The following interests are represented on Committee CE/6:

Association of Consulting Engineers, Australia
Australian Asphalt Pavement Association
Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Australian Institute of Petroleum
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Australian Road Research Board

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Department of Administrative Services,
Australian Construction Services
The Works Consultancy Services, New Zealand

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 AS 4283—1995

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PUBLISHED BY STANDARDS AUSTRALIA

(STANDARDS ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA)
1 THE CRESCENT, HOMEBUSH, NSW 2140
ISBN 0 7262 9690 2
 AS 4283— 1995 2

PREFACE

This Standard was prepared by the Standards Australia Committee on Asphalt and
Sprayed Surfacing. It is one of a series of Standards dealing with road and pavement
construction using bituminous materials. Other Standards in the series deal with the
materials and placing of asphalt (hot-mixed) and the laying and compacting of asphalt.
Standards for the bituminous materials specified have been prepared by the Standards
Australia Committee on Bitumen and Related Products (for Roadmaking).
The objective of this Standard is to provide manufacturers, specifiers and designers of
asphalt mixes with requirements for the manufacture of cold mix asphalt intended for use
as a permanent repair on lightly trafficked roads or as a temporary repair of more heavily
trafficked roads.
The Standard encompasses a wide range of requirements including raw material
specifications, mix requirements and sampling.
The term ‘informative’ has been used in this standard to indicate that the Appendix is for
information and guidance only.
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CONTENT S
Page

1 SCOPE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3 DEFINITIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
4 MATERIALS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
5 MIX REQUIREMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
6 TEMPERATURES OF BINDERS AND AGGREGATES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
7 SAMPLING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
8 TESTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

APPENDIX A GUIDE TO THE SELECTION OF MIX TYPES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

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STANDARDS AUSTRALIA

Australian Standard
Cold mix asphalt for maintenance patching

1 SCOPE This Standard specifies requirements for cold mix asphalt for use as a road
maintenance patching material that is suitable for stockpiling prior to use. In particular,
this Standard includes requirements for materials, typical mix proportions, production
temperatures, and sampling and testing methods.
Cold asphalt mixes produced in accordance with this Standard are intended for use as
permanent repair of bituminous surfacing on lightly trafficked roads or as temporary
repair of more heavily trafficked roads. Other forms of cold bituminous mixtures intended
for use as structural pavement layers are not covered by this Standard.

2 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS The following documents are referred to in this

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standard:
AS
1152 Test sieves
1160 Bitumen emulsions for construction and maintenance of pavements
2008 Residual bitumen for pavements
2157 Cutback bitumen
2357 Mineral fillers for asphalt
2891 Methods of sampling and testing asphalt
2891.1 Method 1: Sampling of asphalt
2891.3.1 Method 3.1: Bitumen content and aggregate grading — Reflux method
2891.3.2 Method 3.2: Bitumen content and aggregate grading — Centrifugal extraction
method
2891.3.3 Method 3.3: Bitumen content and aggregate grading — Pressure filter method
2891.10 Method 10: Water and volatile oils content
3568 Oils for reducing the viscosity of residual bitumen for pavements

3 DEFINITIONS For the purpose of this Standard, the following definitions apply:
3.1 Binder —a bituminous material which is modified by emulsification or addition of
fluxes, cutters and additives, added at the time of production of the cold mix.
3.2 Bitumen emulsion — a liquid product in which a substantial amount of bitumen
(to which some oil may be added) is dispersed in a finely divided condition in water,
and stabilised, by means of one or more emulsifying agents.
3.3 Bituminous — having physical properties similar to those of bitumen, or containing
substances having those properties.
3.4 Coarse aggregate — general term used to differentiate between various sizes of
aggregate; usually material retained on a 4.75 mm nominal aperture size sieve as
designated in AS 1152.
3.5 Cold mix asphalt —a mixture of bituminous binder and aggregate, with or without
added mineral filler, produced warm or cold in a mixing plant and delivered in a workable
condition suitable for stockpiling, and for spreading and compaction. In this Standard,
cold mix shall mean cold mix asphalt.

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