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Shear Properties of Polymer Modified Binders (ARRB ELASTOMETER)
  • Publication no: AGPT-T121-14
  • Published: 3 February 2014
  • Superseded

This test method sets out the procedures for the determination of consistency, consistency 6%, stiffness and elastic recovery of polymer modified binders (ARRB elastometer), under specific conditions of deformation, using the elastometer developed by the ARRB Group.

This Test Method was superseded in August 2025.

Edition 6.0 published February 2024

Edition 6.0 amends:

  • Table of contents added
  • Text styles amended and new header and footer added
  • Manual elastometer-related statements removed
  • Safety statements updated
  • Underlying viscosity term replaced with consistency 6%
  • Updated test method to include the use of the Windows 7 version of the elastometer software
  • Original notes section removed and individual notes placed in appropriate sections of the text
  • Added appendix to describe the data analysis methods used by the elastometer software
  • Removed old data analysis appendix and elastometer operation summary appendix

Superseded editions:

Edition 5.0 published August 2010

Edition 4.0 published October 2008

Edition 3.0 published June 2006

Edition 2.0 published March 2006

Edition 1.0 published June 2005

  • 1. References
  • 2. Apparatus
  • 3. Calibration
    • 3.1. General
    • 3.2. Electronics
  • 4. Preparation of Samples
    • 4.1. General
    • 4.2. Sample Preparation
    • 4.3. Pouring Containers
  • 5. Procedures
    • 5.1. Preparation of Moulds
    • 5.2. Loading Samples into the Elastometer
    • 5.3. Elastometer Adjustments
      • 5.3.1. For Systems Running under Windows 3.1
      • 5.3.2. For Systems Running under Windows 7
    • 5.4. Testing
  • 6. Results
  • 7. Information to be Reported
  • 8. Precision
  • Appendix A Data Analysis Methods
  • A.1 Actual Strain Rate
  • A.2 Strain
  • A.3 Stress
  • A.4 Peak Stress
  • A.5 Consistency and Stiffness
  • A.6 Consistency 6%
  • A.7 Elastic Recovery
  • A.8 Calculation of Consistency 6% using Microsoft Excel
  • Amendment Record
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