Name: BS 2000-551(2007) : 2007
Brand: EI

BITUMEN AND BITUMINOUS BINDERS - ACCELERATED LONG-TERM AGEING/CONDITIONING BY THE ROTATING CYLINDER METHOD (RCAT)

Published date

12-01-2013

Publisher

Energy Institute (formerly Institute of Petroleum - IP)

Foreword
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Principle
5 Apparatus
6 Procedure
7 Precision
8 Report
Annex A (normative) - Short-term ageing/conditioning
with the RCAT device (RCAT163)
Annex B (normative) - Preparation of a mastic sample to
be aged in the RCAT device
Annex C (informative) - Inspections and verifications
Bibliography

Describes an accelerated ageing/conditioning procedure for bitumen, bituminous binders and bituminous mastics It also involves rotating cylinder ageing (RCA), i.e. binder ageing at moderate temperatures in a large large cylinder rotating in an oven under oxygen flow conditions.

Committee	PTI/13
DevelopmentNote	Also numbered as BS EN 15323. (06/2007) Also numbered as IP 551. (02/2008)
DocumentType	Standard
PublisherName	Energy Institute (formerly Institute of Petroleum - IP)
Status	Current

Standards	Relationship
EN 15323:2007	Identical

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