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BS 5273:1975

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Specification. Dense tar surfacing for roads and other paved areas
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Language(s)

English

Published date

11-28-1975

Foreword
Cooperating organizations
Specification
Section one. General requirements
1. Scope
2. References
3. Sampling and testing
4. Constituent materials
5. Composition of mixtures
6. Manufacture
7. Transport
Section two. Specific requirements
8. DTS wearing course (crushed rock or slag fine
    aggregate
9. DTS wearing course (sand fine aggregate)
Appendices
A. Notes on the use of DTS
B. Recommendations for the laying of DTS
C. Recommendations for the measurement of the
    temperature of DTS

Composition, manufacture, testing, transport and laying.

This British Standard specifies the composition, manufacture, testing and transport of dense tar surfacing (DTS), defined in BS 892 as

a hot process wearing course material consisting of aggregate, filler and road tar, in such gradings and proportions that when spread and compacted it provides a close textured impervious mixture.

Notes on the use of DTS are given in Appendix A. Recommendations for laying the materials and for measuring their temperatures are included in Appendix B and Appendix C.

The mixtures specified are as follows:

DTS (crushed rock or slag fine aggregate)

35 % coarse aggregate content 14 mm and 10 mm nominal size

50 % coarse aggregate content 14 mm and 10 mm nominal size

DTS (sand fine aggregate)

35 % coarse aggregate content 14 mm and 10 mm nominal size

50 % coarse aggregate content 14 mm and 10 mm nominal size

Committee
B/510
DevelopmentNote
Supersedes 74/42831 DC & 91/15998 DC. (07/2005) Reviewed and confirmed by BSI, November 2012. (10/2012)
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
16
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Current
Supersedes

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BS 598:1958 Sampling and examination of bituninous mixtures for roads and buildings.
BS 1704:1985 Specification for solid-stem general purpose thermometers
BS 4987:1973 Specification for coated macadam for roads and other paved areas
BS 892:1967 Glossary of highway engineering terms
BS 812-1:1975 Testing aggregates Methods for determination of particle size and shape
BS 812-2:1975 Testing aggregates Methods for determination of physical properties
BS 76:1974 Specification for tars for road purposes

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