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PROJEK MASS RAPID TRANSIT LALUAN 2: Materials and Workmanship Specification

Jajaran Sungai Buloh - Serdang - Putrajaya Section 300 - Roadworks

d) Anti-Stripping Agent
Ordinary Portland cement shall be added to the combined
aggregate for asphaltic concrete to serve as an adhesion and
anti-stripping agent. The amount of cement added for this
purpose shall be 2% by weight of the combined aggregate.
(Additional cement may also be added, if necessary, to serve as
filler.)

Ordinary Portland cement for this purpose shall conform to the


requirements of MS 522 and shall be dry, free flowing and free
from agglomerations at the time of use.

Notwithstanding the use of ordinary Portland cement as an


anti-stripping agent as specified above, the Contractor shall be
responsible for ensuring that the bitumen binder adheres
satisfactorily to the aggregate and does not strip from it during
the service life of the asphaltic concrete.

Accordingly, the Contractor shall carry out bitumen stripping


tests with the proposed aggregates to demonstrate to the

aggregates will perform satisfactorily in service with the


specified bitumen binder. Such tests shall be carried out in
accordance with AASHTO Test Method T 182 (withdrawn), or

direct or approve, such as AASHTO T 283. When AASHTO Test


Method T 182 is used, the coated area at the end of the

95%.

ordinary Portland cement does not perform satisfactorily as an


anti-stripping agent, the Contractor may propose to use
another adhesion and anti-stripping agent in addition to, or
wholly or partially instead of, the ordinary Portland cement
specified above. Such agent shall be of a type approved by the
xed with
the bituminous binder, all in accordance with the

added to the bitumen binder used in the bitumen stripping tests


in the appropriate amount and manner.

Aggregate which does not perform satisfactorily in the bitumen


stripping tests, using the approved adhesion and anti-stripping
agent when appropriate, shall not be used in asphaltic concrete.

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