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