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PENETRATION TEST ON BITUMEN

objecBive b deleunine Consiskency- 7 Bikueen Ahe rade ot

the bitujen by Penctadion lest.

Appaaks Used o Penetration Setp Mould, Needle Bunsen Bune

Wadex Bath

Descaipion - Pene.traAion test is the most Comm only adopted test

On bikuqen to detenine the grode a Matexial
Aezms its hadness of ils Simplicity

Psocedute
1) Tbe Sample ot bitumenis heated to a pouing temprature behoesr
75°to 1oo'c and is pouxed, oto the moutd

2 Pioert the Sample fro. dut

dut and allniH to Cool
atmasphee at temperatune beteen 15°cto 30° c fox 6o to go
minute.

3) Jhen, the Sample. glaced in the heomastaically Conttolled

lat bath maint ained a
desporate t 2sc fo o pevod
6oto 90 mintes

4) he Sanple Xemoved from the Wode bath and placed undes

the needle d the Peneo edec

Jowoed
s) Using the adjuzling Saa,ahe nedle assmbly is loued
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and he ip of the needle is mode. to just touch the top Suzface.

biBunen [ample and the needle. assembly is clamped in this
position.

G) The iniial xeoding. of the Peneromekex cdial is eithe. adjuted

to ZerO the iniial eading ib taken bekoxe
be7oxe xeleasing the
heedle.

1} The heedle is xeleased exocHy fox a pexiod oft 5 Seconds

by pxessing the knoh,and the final xeading is taken the
dia.

s) The test is yepeated the Same Sample by Conducing

the xepeat test at a distonce not ess than 10mm.

least tuo to thee Such measuement are. made

Sample at festing ditonce. not less apat

Tsial No. Iniial. Reading (mm) final Readiog- lmin) Penetration Value Cmm
239 284 45
256 299 43

Result-

Jhe dieence behwean the iniial. and final. fenetation Xendinga

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is taken ashe. Pene tahon. Vale. Jhe nean Value t not less
than tuo to theee Consis tert penetration Me0suze. ment Lbich do
not dithe by tban he Vaues specified belou) Jis Xeporked
as the. Penettadion Vaue

Range c Pene ration Yaue Maximum DittereNce.

O- 49
50-149 4
150-249

Aveagc Penettation Value: = 45+ 43 44 m.

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