ASTM D633-97(2001)

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Designation:D633–97 (Reapproved 2001)
Standard Volume Correction Table for
Road Tar
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D 633; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope 3. Significance and Use
1.1 This table (Table 1) has been prepared by the National 3.1 Tars change in volume with changes in temperature.
Institute of Standards and Technology to meet a demand from They are loaded or transferred at widely varying temperatures.
the tar industry for a short and convenient table for reducing Volume correction factors are used to adjust bulk volumes
volumes of road tar to the basis of 15.6°C (60°F) when extreme measured at those temperatures with corresponding volumes at
accuracy is not required. The table shows the volume occupied a base temperature of either 15.6°C or 60°F for the purposes of
at 15.6°C by a quantity of material occupying unit volume at custody transfer and accounting operations.
the indicated temperature. 3.2 Correction factors as provided in this table have proven
to be sufficiently accurate for the intended purposes.
2. Referenced Documents
3.3 The coefficient of expansion for D 490 type RT-12 at
2.1 ASTM Standards:
15.6°C (60°F) per degree F is 0.00030.
D 490 Specification for Road Tar
This standard is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D04 on Road and
Paving Materials and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee D04.43 on
Specifications and Tests for Tar and Tar Products.
Current edition approved Jan. 10, 1997. Published May 1998. Originally
published as D 633 – 41 T. Last previous edition D 633 – 74 (1991).
Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 04.03.
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D633–97 (2001)
TABLE 1 Volume Correction Table for Tar
Legend: t = observed temperature in degrees Fahrenheit; tc = observed temperature in degrees Celcius; M = multiplier for reducing volumes to the basis of 60° Fahrenheit (15.6°C)
ttc M t tc M t tc M t tc M t tc M t tc M t tc M t tc M
0 −17.78 1.0183 35 1.67 1.0076 70 21.11 0.9970 105 40.56 0.9867 140 60.00 0.9766 175 79.44 0.9657 210 98.89 09589 245 118.33 0.9474
1 −17.22 1.0180 36 2.22 1.0073 71 21.67 0.9967 106 41.11 0.9864 141 60.56 0.9763 176 80.00 0.9664 211 99.44 0.9567 246 118.89 0.9471
2 −16.67 1.0177 37 2.78 1.0070 72 22.22 0.9964 107 41.67 0.9861 142 61.11 0.9760 177 80.56 0.9661 212 100.00 0.9564 247 119.44 0.9469
3 −16.11 1.0174 38 3.33 1.0067 73 22.78 0.9961 108 42.22 0.9858 143 61.67 0.9757 178 81.11 0.9658 213 100.56 0.9561 248 120.00 0.9466
4 −15.56 1.0171 39 3.89 1.0064 74 23.33 0.9958 109 42.78 0.9855 144 62.22 0.9754 179 81.67 0.9655 214 101.11 0.9558 249 120.56 0.9463
5 −15.00 1.0168 40 4.44 1.0060 75 23.89 0.9955 110 43.33 0.9852 145 62.78 0.9751 180 82.22 0.9553 215 101.67 0.9556
6 −14.44 1.0165 41 5.00 1.0057 76 24.44 0.9952 111 43.89 0.9849 146 63.33 0.9748 181 82.78 0.9650 216 102.22 0.9553
7 −13.89 1.0162 42 5.56 1.0054 77 25.00 0.9949 112 44.44 0.9846 147 63.89 0.9746 182 83.33 0.9647 217 102.78 0.9550
8 −13.33 1.0158 43 6.11 1.0051 78 25.56 0.9946 113 45.00 0.9843 148 64.44 0.9743 183 83.89 0.9644 218 103.33 0.9547
9 −12.78 1.0155 44 6.67 1.0048 79 26.11 0.9943 114 45.56 0.9841 149 65.00 0.9740 184 84.44 0.9641 219 103.89 0.9545
10 −12.22 1.0152 45 7.22 1.0045 80 26.67 0.9940 115 46.11 0.9838 150 65.56 0.9737 185 85.00 0.9639 220 104.44 0.9542
11 −11.67 1.0149 46 7.78 1.0042 81 27.22 0.9937 116 46.67 0.9835 151 66.11 0.9734 186 85.56 0.9636 221 105.00 0.9539
12 −11.11 1.0146 47 8.33 1.0039 82 27.78 0.9934 117 47.22 0.983
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