Asphalt definition

Asphalt means a dark brown to black cement-like material (solid, semisolid, or liquid in consistency) in which the predominating constituents are bitumens which occur in nature as such or which are obtained as residue in refining petroleum.

Asphalt means the dark-brown to black cementitious material (solid, semisolid, or liquid in consistency) of which the main constituents are bitumens which occur naturally or as a residue of petroleum refining.

Asphalt means a dark brown-to-black, cement-like material obtained by petroleum processing and containing bitumens as the predominant component. It includes crude asphalt as well as the following finished products: cements, fluxes, the asphalt content of emulsions (exclusive of water), and petroleum distillates blended with asphalt to make cutback asphalts.

Examples of Asphalt in a sentence

• RAS shall be a clean and uniform material with a maximum of 0.5 percent unacceptable material, as defined in Central Bureau of Materials Policy Memorandum, “Reclaimed Asphalt Shingle (RAS) Sources”, by weight of RAS.

• The plants shall be evaluated for prequalification rating and approval to produce HMA according to the current Bureau of Materials and Physical Research Policy Memorandum, “Approval of Hot-Mix Asphalt Plants and Equipment”.

• With the approval of the Engineer, the ignition oven may be substituted for extractions according to the ITP, “Calibration of the Ignition Oven for the Purpose of Characterizing Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP)”.

• If any individual sieve and/or asphalt binder content tests are out of the above tolerances when compared to the average used for the mix design, the FRAP stockpile shall not be used in Hot-Mix Asphalt unless the FRAP representing those tests is removed from the stockpile.

• The Contractor shall maintain a representative moving average of five tests to be used for Hot-Mix Asphalt production.

More Definitions of Asphalt

Asphalt means a dark-brown to black cementitious material (solid, semisolid, or liquid in consistency) of which the main constituents are bitumens that occur naturally or are a residue of petroleum refining.

Asphalt means a dark-brown to black cementitious material, solid, semisolid, or liquid in consistency, in which the predominating constituents are bitumens that occur in nature as such or that are obtained as residue in refining petroleum.

Asphalt means a dark-brown to black cementitious material which is solid, semisolid, or liquid in consistency and in which the main constituents are bitumens that occur naturally or are obtained as a residue of petroleum refining.

Asphalt means a solid, semisolid, or liquid material, produced by mixing bituminous substances together with gravel, crushed rock or similar materials, and used commonly as a coating or paving.

Asphalt means a dark brown or black solid, liquid or semisolid cementitious material composed primarily of bitumens that occur in nature or are obtained as residue in refining petroleum.

Asphalt means a dark brown or black cementitious material (solid or liquid) of which the main constituents are bitumins that occur naturally or as a residue of petroleum refining.

Asphalt means a dark brown to black bitumen pitch that melts readily and which appears in nature in asphalt beds or is produced as a by-product of the petroleum industry.