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Asphalt Binder Drain-off
  • Publication no: AGPT-T235-06
  • Published: 1 June 2006
  • Edition: 2.0

This test method sets out the procedure for determining the amount of binder drain-off likely to occur in an asphalt mix during storage and transport. The method may be used to determine the amount of binder drain-off at the maximum mixing temperature or alternatively, to determine the maximum mixing temperature at which binder drain-off becomes excessive.

Edition 2.0 published January 2006

  • Title updated.
  • Clauses 2b , 2c , 3.1a , 3.1c , 3.1e , 3.1f , 3.1g , 3.2a, 3.2b , 3.2c, 3.2e , 4.2c , Note 1a(i) , Note 1b(i) amended.
  • Clause 5d  and Note 1c removed.

Edition 1.0 published June 2005

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