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pipe coatings,
paint
Consistency
Safety
mixture.
Petroleum industries
Rock Asphalt
The bitumen content of crude can vary between 15% and
80%, but the more normal range is 25% to 40%
Classifications
Bitumen based
Paraffin based
Combined
It is refined and blended to meet road engineering and
industrial specifications that take into account different
climatic conditions
Cutback bitumen
Diluted bitumen (making more fluidity for application in
road construction)
Thermoplastics (plastomers)
Elastomers
Thermo-elastic plastics
Lower susceptibility to daily and seasonal temperature
variations
Penetrometer
Soft bitumen is poured into
containers at a depth at least 15 mm
in excess of the expected
penetration at 25oC.
pouring temperature,
Penetrometer
it is a measure of resistance to
flow.
Brookfield Viscometer
Orifice type viscometers are used
to indirectly find the viscosity of
liquid binders like cutbacks and
emulsions.
Orifice Viscometer
Standard Ductility Mould
Ductility equipment
Dimension of the briquette thus
formed is exactly 1 cm square.
Ductility equipment
The excess bitumen is cut and the
surface is leveled using a hot knife.
consistency,
gradation,
viscosity,
safety.