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

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Hardcopy , PDF

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English

Published date

01-01-2007

Publisher

National Standards Authority of Ireland

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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.

DocumentType	Standard
Pages	23
PublisherName	National Standards Authority of Ireland
Status	Current

Standards	Relationship
DIN EN 15323 E : 2007	Identical
UNI EN 15323 : 2007	Identical
EN 15323:2007	Identical
UNE-EN 15323:2007	Identical
BS EN 15323:2007	Identical
DIN EN 15323:2007-07	Identical