Designation:D7000−11StandardTestMethodforSweepTestofBituminousEmulsionSurfaceTreatmentSamples1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD7000;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thistestmethodmeasuresthecuringperformancecharacteristicsofbituminousemulsionandaggregatesbysimulatingthebroomingofasurfacetreatmentinthelabora-tory.1.2ThevaluesstatedinSIunitsaretoberegardedasstandard.Nootherunitsofmeasurementareincludedinthisstandard.1.3Aprecisionandbiasstatementforthisstandardhasnotbeendevelopedatthistime.Therefore,thisstandardshouldnotbeusedforacceptanceorrejectionofamaterialforpurchasingpurposes.1.4Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappro-priatesafetyandhealthpracticesanddeterminetheapplica-bilityofregulatorylimitationspriortouse.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2C127TestMethodforRelativeDensity(SpecificGravity)andAbsorptionofCoarseAggregateD8TerminologyRelatingtoMaterialsforRoadsandPave-mentsD75PracticeforSamplingAggregatesD140PracticeforSamplingBituminousMaterialsD226SpecificationforAsphalt-SaturatedOrganicFeltUsedinRoofingandWaterproofingD977SpecificationforEmulsifiedAsphaltD2397SpecificationforCationicEmulsifiedAsphalt2.2ISSADocument:3ISSATechnicalBulletinNo.100TestMethodforWetTrackAbrasionofSlurrySurfaces3.SummaryofTestMethod3.1Thesweeptestiseffectivefordefiningthefilmforma-tionstageofbituminousemulsions.Abrush(designedtocloselyreplicatethesweepingactionofabroom)exertsaforceontheaggregateusedonsurfacetreatments.Bituminousemulsionisappliedtoanasphaltfeltdisk.Aggregateisappliedandembeddedintothebituminousemulsion.Thesampleisthenconditionedataprescribedtemperatureandtimeperiodbeforetesting.Amixerabradesthesurfaceofthesampleusin...
