TESTING OF

BITUMINOUS
MATERIAL
DETERMINATION OF BINDER CONTENT
1.A representative sample of about 500 gm to be exactly weighed and placed in the bowl of the extraction apparatus.
2.Cover the sample with commercial grade Benzene or Trichloroethylene.
3.The dried filtering is weighed and then fitted around edge of the bowl and cover of the bowl is clamped tightly.
4.The mixer is allowed to stand for about one our before starting the centrifugal machine.
5.A beaker is placed under the drain to collect the extract.
6.The Machine revolved and the speed is maintained till the solvent ceases to flow from the drain.
7.The Machine is allowed to stop and 200 ml of Benzene or Trichloroethylene is added to the bowl and the procedure is
repeated.
8.The filter ring is removed, the residual material is dried fast in air and then in oven at constant temperature of 110
0
C
5
0
C till constant wt. is obtained.
9.Filter the extract through a filter paper.
10.Dry the filter paper in the oven and determined the wt. of fines in the extract.

Sl No. Observation 1 2 3
1 Wt. of mix taken before extraction, gm (A)
2 Wt. of filter paper before extraction, gm (B)
3 Wt. mix after extraction, gm (C)
4 Wt. of filter paper after extraction, gm (D)
5 Wt. of filter collected from extract after allowing for settling
(E)
6 Wt. of filler collected in filter paper B-D =F
7 Wt. of aggregate + filler collected after extraction (C+E +F) =
G
8 Percentage of Bitumen (in the mix) = (A-G)x100/A
IN SITU DENSITY OF BITUMINOUS COURSE
1. The metallic tray of the field density unit is kept on a level spot of the
bituminous surface and a hole, 10 cm in diameter, is cut up to the full
thickness of the later.

2. All bituminous materials removed from the hole are carefully collected and
weighed. The thickness of the layer is also recorded. (prior calibration for
depth of hole is necessary).

3. A known weighed of dry standard sand passing 600 micron sieve and retained
on 300 micron sieve is taken in the sand poring cylinder.

4. The cylinder is kept directly over the hole and shutter of the cylinder is
released without any jerk and closed when the hole is filled with the sand.

5. The quantity of residual sand in the cylinder as well as the quantity filling the
cone of the cylinder are separately weighed.

6. The in-situ density of the layer is calculated as follows
In situ density = (AxD)/(W-(W1+W2)) gm/cc

Where,

A = weight of bituminous material removed from the hole cut in the layer, gm.
W= initial wt. of the sand taken in the cylinder, gm.
W1= wt. of the sand filling the cone of the cylinder, gm.
W2 = wt. of the sand remaining in the cylinder, gm.
D = Dulk density of sand, gm/cc
ELASTIC RECOVERY TEST (MODIFIED BITUMEN)


1. Prepare three test specimens and condition it at a temperature of 150C.

2. Elongate the test specimen to 10 cm in the ductility machine at the rate of 5
0.25 cm per minute.

3. Immediately cut the test specimen into two halves at the mid point using
scissors.

4. Kept the test specimen in water bath/ductility machine in an undisturbed
condition for one hour.

5. After one hour, move the elongated half of the test specimen back into position
near the fixed half of the test specimen so that the pieces of modified bitumen
just touch.

6. Record the length of the recombined specimen as X cm.

7. Calculate the percent elastic recovery as

Elastic recovery, p.c., 150C = (10-X)/10 x 100