Designation:D977−20StandardSpecificationforEmulsifiedAsphalt1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD977;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.ThisstandardhasbeenapprovedforusebyagenciesoftheU.S.DepartmentofDefense.1.Scope1.1Thisspecificationcovers13gradesofemulsifiedasphaltforuseinpavementconstructioninthemannerdesignated.1.2ThevaluesstatedinSIunitsaretoberegardedasstandard.Nootherunitsofmeasurementareincludedinthisstandard.1.3Thisinternationalstandardwasdevelopedinaccor-dancewithinternationallyrecognizedprinciplesonstandard-izationestablishedintheDecisiononPrinciplesfortheDevelopmentofInternationalStandards,GuidesandRecom-mendationsissuedbytheWorldTradeOrganizationTechnicalBarrierstoTrade(TBT)Committee.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2D5/D5MTestMethodforPenetrationofBituminousMate-rialsD113TestMethodforDuctilityofAsphaltMaterialsD139TestMethodforFloatTestforBituminousMaterialsD140/D140MPracticeforSamplingAsphaltMaterialsD244TestMethodsandPracticesforEmulsifiedAsphaltsD2042TestMethodforSolubilityofAsphaltMaterialsinTrichloroethyleneD3910PracticesforDesign,Testing,andConstructionofSlurrySealD6930TestMethodforSettlementandStorageStabilityofEmulsifiedAsphaltsD6933TestMethodforOversizedParticlesinEmulsifiedAsphalts(SieveTest)D6935TestMethodforDeterminingCementMixingofEmulsifiedAsphaltD6936TestMethodforDeterminingDemulsibilityofEmul-sifiedAsphaltD6997TestMethodforDistillationofEmulsifiedAsphaltD7226TestMethodforDeterminingtheViscosityofEmul-sifiedAsphaltsUsingaRotationalPaddleViscometerD7496TestMethodforViscosityofEmulsifiedAsphaltbySayboltFurolViscometerD7553TestMethodforSolubilityofAsphaltMaterialsinN-PropylBromideD8078TestMethodforAshContentofAsphaltandEmul-sifiedAsphaltResidues3.Requirements3.1Theemulsifiedasphaltshallbetestedwithin14da...