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3. Terminology
1. Scope*
2. Referenced Documents
5. Significance and Use
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This test method is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D04 on Road
and Paving Materials and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee D04.47 on
Miscellaneous Asphalt Tests.
Current edition approved July 1, 2009. Published June 2009. Originally approved
in 1920. Last previous edition approved in 2008 as D70 08. DOI: 10.1520/D007009E01.
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6.2 Water Bath, constant-temperature, capable of maintaining the temperature within 0.1C (0.2F) of the test temperature.
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method to ensure that the beaker does not tip over, while
making sure that circulation of the water in the conditioning
bath around the beaker is not restricted.
7. Materials
7.1 WaterFreshly boiled and cooled distilled or deionized
water.
8. Hazards
NOTE 3Calibration must be done at the test temperature. A pycnometer calibrated at one temperature cannot be used at a different temperature
without recalibration at that temperature.
9. Sampling
9.1 Take samples in accordance with Practice D140. The
sample shall be free of foreign substances.
12. Procedure
9.2 Thoroughly mix the sample before removing a representative portion for testing.
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15. Precision and Bias
air bubbles (Note 5). Allow the pycnometer and its contents to
cool to ambient temperature for a period of not less than 40 min
and weigh with the stopper to the nearest 0.001 g. Designate
the mass of the pycnometer plus sample as C.
mass
mass
mass
mass
of
of
of
of
pycnometer
pycnometer
pycnometer
pycnometer
Test Temperature, C
15.6
25.0
13. Calculation
relative density 5 ~ C 2 A ! / @ ~ B 2 A ! 2 ~ D 2 C ! #
Test Temperature, C
15.6
25.0
(1)
(plus stopper),
filled with water,
partially filled with asphalt, and
plus asphalt plus water.
16. Keywords
16.1 density; pycnometer; relative density; specific gravity
(2)
where:
WT = density of water at the test temperature (Note 6).
NOTE 6Density of water from CRC Handbook of Chemistry and
Physics:
Density of Water, kg/m3 (kg/L)
999.0 (0.9990)
997.0 (0.9970)
Temperature, C
15.6
25.0
14. Report
14.1 Report density to the nearest 1 kg/m3 (0.001 kg/L) and
the test temperature.
TABLE 1 Precision of Relative Density Data for Semi-Solid Bituminous Materials
Temperature
C
Single-Operator
Degrees of
Freedom
(1S)
Multilaboratory
(D2S)
Degrees of
Freedom
(1S)
(D2S)
Asphalt
15.6
25.0
54
54
0.0011
0.00080
0.0032
0.0023
24
24
0.0018
0.0024
0.0051
0.0068
15.6
25.0
72
72
0.0013
0.00083
0.0038
0.0023
27
27
0.0029
0.0017
0.0083
0.0048
Pooled values
15.6
25.0
114
114
0.0013
0.00082
0.0037
0.0023
51
51
0.0024
0.0019
0.0068
0.0053
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SUMMARY OF CHANGES
Committee D04 has identified the location of selected changes to this standard since the last issue (D70 08)
that may impact the use of this standard. (Approved June 1, 2009.)
(1) Updated Note 6, 15.1, and 15.2.
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