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Bitumenous Binders

	Description	Method	Accre-ditation
1.	Road bitumens
1.1	Determination of needle penetration	EVS-EN 1426	EAK
1.2	Determination of the softening point – Ring and Ball method	EVS-EN 1427	EAK
1.3	Determination of kinematic viscosity	EVS-EN 12595	EAK
1.4	Determination of dynamic viscosity by vacuum capillary	EVS-EN 12596	EAK
1.5	Determination of the Fraass breaking point	EVS-EN 12593	EAK
1.6	Determination of flash and fire points – Cleveland open cup method	EVS-EN ISO 2592	EAK
1.7	Determination of solubility	EVS-EN 12592
1.8	Determination of the resistance to hardening under influence of heat and air-RTFOT method	EVS-EN 12607-1	EAK
	– penetration after RTFOT	EVS-EN 1426	EAK
	-softening point after RTFOT	EVS-EN 1427	EAK
2.	Polymer Modified Bitumens
2.1	Determination of needle penetration	EVS-EN 1426	EAK
2.2	Determination of the softening point – Ring and Ball method	EVS-EN 1427	EAK
2.3	Determination of flash and fire points – Cleveland open cup method	EVS-EN 2592	EAK
2.4	Determination of the tensile properties by the force ductility method	EVS-EN 13589
2.5	Determination of elastic recovery	EVS-EN 13398
2.6	Determination of storage stability	EVS-EN 13399
2.7	Determination of the resistance to hardening under influence of heat and air-RTFOT method	EVS-EN 12607-1	EAK
	-softening point after RTFOT	EVS-EN 1427	EAK
3.	Bitumen emulsions
3.1	Determination of residual binder and oil distillate from bitumen emulsions by distillation	EVS-EN 1431
3.2	Determination of breaking value of cationic bituminous emulsions, mineral filler method	EVS-EN 13075-1	EAK
3.3	Determination of efflux time by the efflux viscometer	EVS-EN 12846-1	EAK
	– 2 mm orifice
	– 4 mm orifice
3.4	Determination of residue on sieving	EVS-EN 1429
	– on sieve with 0.5 mm mesh
	– on sieve with 0.5 mm mesh after 7 days of storage
3.5	Recovery of binder by evaporation:	EVS-EN 13074-1
	– penetration	EVS-EN 1426	EAK
	– softening point	EVS-EN 1427	EAK
3.6	Stabilization after recovery by evaporation	EVS-EN 13074-2
	– penetration	EVS-EN 1426	EAK
	– softening point	EVS-EN 1427	EAK
3.7	Determination of adhesivity of bituminous emulsions by water immersion test	EVS-EN 13614
	– Determination of immediate adhesivity
	– Water effect on binder adhesion
4.	Oil shale bitumens
4.1	Determination of efflux time by the efflux viscometer	EVS 901-2 LISA G	EAK
	– 5 mm orifice
	– 10 mm orifice
4.2	Determination of solubility in toluene	EVS-EN 12592
4.3	Determination of the content of water soluble compounds	EVS 901-2 Lisa I
4.4	Determination of water content	EVS-EN ISO 9029
4.5	Flash point in an open cup	EVS 901-2 Lisa J
4.6	Loss on heating	EVS 901-2 Lisa H
5.	Other tests
5.1	Determination of bitumen denisty	EVS-EN ISO 3838
5.2	Bitumen recovery: Rotary evaporator	EVS-EN 12697-3	EAK
5.3	Methylene Chloride purification
5.4	Determination of the affinity between aggregate and bitumen
	– Vialit plate shock test method	EVS-EN 12272-3

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