1、Designation: D546 10American Association StateHighway and Transportation Officials StandardAASHTO No.: T 37Standard Test Method forSieve Analysis of Mineral Filler for Bituminous PavingMixtures1This standard is issued under the fixed designation D546; the number immediately following the designation
2、 indicates the year oforiginal adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. Asuperscript epsilon () indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.This standard has been approved for use by agenci
3、es of the Department of Defense.1. Scope1.1 This test method covers the sieve analysis of mineralfillers used in bituminous paving mixtures.1.2 The values stated in either SI units or inch-pound unitsare to be regarded separately as standard. The values stated ineach system may not be exact equivale
4、nts; therefore, eachsystem shall be used independently of the other. Combiningvalues from the two systems may result in non-conformancewith the standard.NOTE 1Regarding sieves, per ASTM Specification E11, “the valuesstated in SI units shall be considered standard for the dimensions of thewire cloth
5、openings and the diameter of the wires used in the wire cloth.”When sieve mesh sizes are referenced, the alternate inch-pound designa-tions are provided for information purposes and enclosed in parentheses.1.3 This standard does not purport to address all of thesafety concerns, if any, associated wi
6、th its use. It is theresponsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.2. Referenced Documents2.1 ASTM Standards:2C110 Test Methods for Physical Testing of Quicklime,Hydrated Lime,
7、 and LimestoneC670 Practice for Preparing Precision and Bias Statementsfor Test Methods for Construction MaterialsC702 Practice for Reducing Samples of Aggregate to Test-ing SizeC786 Test Method for Fineness of Hydraulic Cement andRaw Materials by the 300-m (No. 50), 150-m (No. 100),and 75-m (No. 20
8、0) Sieves by Wet MethodsD242 Specification for Mineral Filler For Bituminous Pav-ing MixturesD422 Test Method for Particle-Size Analysis of SoilsD4753 Guide for Evaluating, Selecting, and SpecifyingBalances and Standard Masses for Use in Soil, Rock, andConstruction Materials TestingE11 Specification
9、 for Woven Wire Test Sieve Cloth and TestSieves3. Significance and Use3.1 The method is used to determine compliance of mineralfillers with the grading requirements of Specification D242.4. Apparatus4.1 Balance or Scale, readable to 0.01 g and conforming tothe requirements of Guide D4753, Class GP-1
10、, with a capacityof 200 g.4.2 Sieves, conforming to Specification E11 with nominalopening sizes of 75-m (No. 200), 300-m (No. 50), 600-m(No. 30), and 1.18-mm (No. 16) sieves.4.3 OvenAn oven of sufficient size, capable of maintain-ing a uniform temperature of 110 6 5C 230 6 9F.5. Test Sample5.1 Obtai
11、n the sample for test in accordance with therequirements of Specification D242 and reduce to testing sizein accordance with Practice C702. Use a minimum of 100 g ofdry material for each sieve analysis.6. Procedure6.1 Dry the test sample to constant mass at a temperature of110 6 5C 230 6 9F and deter
12、mine the mass to the nearest0.01 g.6.2 After drying and determining the mass, place the testsample on the 1.18-mm (No. 16) sieve, which shall be nestedabove the 600-m (No. 30), 300-m (No. 50) and 75-m (No.1This test method is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D04 on Roadand Paving Materials a
13、nd is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee D04.51 onAggregate Tests.Current edition approved Dec. 1, 2010. Published March 2011. Originallyapproved in 1939. Last previous edition approved in 2005 as D546 05. DOI:10.1520/D0546-10.2For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.o
14、rg, orcontact ASTM Customer Service at serviceastm.org. For Annual Book of ASTMStandards volume information, refer to the standards Document Summary page onthe ASTM website.1Copyright ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, PO Box C700, West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959, United States.200) sieves.
15、 Wash the material by means of a stream of waterfrom a faucet (Note 2). Continue the washing until the watercoming through the sieve is clear (Note 3). Dry the residuefrom each sieve to constant mass at a temperature of 1106 5C230 6 9F (Note 4). Calculate the mass of material retainedon each sieve a
16、s a percentage of the original sample.NOTE 2A spray nozzle or a piece of rubber tubing attached to a waterfaucet may be used for the washing. The velocity of the water, which maybe increased by pinching the tubing, must be controlled to prevent loss ofany of the sample by splashing over the sides of
17、 the sieves.Aspray nozzle,utilizing a pressure gage, is also used in Test Methods C110 and TestMethod C786 for testing hydrated lime and Portland cement, respectively.NOTE 3Take care to avoid accumulation of water on the 75-m (No.200) sieve, because it may become clogged and the operation cannot bec
18、ompleted within a reasonable period.NOTE 4Some material passes the 75-m (No. 200) sieve on drysieving that did not pass during the washing operation. When desired,additional information may be obtained by dry sieving the portion of thesample retained on the 75-m (No. 200) sieve, in accordance with T
19、estMethod D422.7. Report7.1 Report the results of the sieve analysis as the totalpercentage passing each sieve, expressed to the nearest 0.5 %.8. Precision and Bias38.1 PrecisionThe estimates of precision for this testmethod are shown in Table 1. They are based on results of aninterlaboratory testin
20、g program where replicable samples offour different mineral fillers were tested in 20 laboratoriesusing this test method. The materials tested ranged from acoarse mineral filler, that had about 93 % passing the 600m(No. 30) sieve and 51 % passing the 75-m (No. 200), to finermineral fillers that had
21、about 99 % passing the 300-m (No.50) sieve and 95 % passing the 75-m (No. 200) sieve.8.2 BiasBias has not been determined since there is noacceptable reference for determining the bias for the procedurein this test method.9. Keywords9.1 bituminous paving mixtures; grading; mineral filler;sieve analy
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27、rs and maybe obtained by requesting Research Report RR:D04-1017.TABLE 1 Average PrecisionPrecisionTest Result Value,%inSizeFractionAStandardDeviation,(1s), %BAcceptable Rangeof Test Results,(d2s), %BSingle Operator Less than 2 0.14 0.5CMore than 2 0.7 2.0Multilaboratory Less than 2 0.17 0.5More than
28、 2 1.0 2.8AThe percent between consecutive sieves, or percent retained on the largest sieve, 600-m (No. 30), or percent passing the smallest sieve, 75-m (No. 200).BThese numbers represent, respectively, the (1s) and (d2s) limits as described in Practice C670.CThe minimum d2s is 0.5 % in this case since results of the test are expressed to the nearest 0.5 %.D546 102
