Designation:D546−10AmericanAssociationStateHighwayandTransportationOfficialsStandardAASHTONo.:T37StandardTestMethodforSieveAnalysisofMineralFillerforBituminousPavingMixtures1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD546;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.ThisstandardhasbeenapprovedforusebyagenciesoftheDepartmentofDefense.1.Scope1.1Thistestmethodcoversthesieveanalysisofmineralfillersusedinbituminouspavingmixtures.1.2ThevaluesstatedineitherSIunitsorinch-poundunitsaretoberegardedseparatelyasstandard.Thevaluesstatedineachsystemmaynotbeexactequivalents;therefore,eachsystemshallbeusedindependentlyoftheother.Combiningvaluesfromthetwosystemsmayresultinnon-conformancewiththestandard.NOTE1—Regardingsieves,perASTMSpecificationE11,“thevaluesstatedinSIunitsshallbeconsideredstandardforthedimensionsofthewireclothopeningsandthediameterofthewiresusedinthewirecloth.”Whensievemeshsizesarereferenced,thealternateinch-pounddesigna-tionsareprovidedforinformationpurposesandenclosedinparentheses.1.3Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappro-priatesafetyandhealthpracticesanddeterminetheapplica-bilityofregulatorylimitationspriortouse.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2C110TestMethodsforPhysicalTestingofQuicklime,HydratedLime,andLimestoneC670PracticeforPreparingPrecisionandBiasStatementsforTestMethodsforConstructionMaterialsC702PracticeforReducingSamplesofAggregatetoTestingSizeC786TestMethodforFinenessofHydraulicCementandRawMaterialsbythe300-µm(No.50),150-µm(No.100),and75-µm(No.200)SievesbyWetMethodsD242SpecificationforMineralFillerForBituminousPav-ingMixturesD422TestMethodforParticle-SizeAnalysisofSoilsD4753GuideforEvaluating,Selecting,andSpecifyingBal-ance...
