ASTM D4311-04e1

NOTICE: This standard has either been superseded and replaced by a new version or withdrawn.
Contact ASTM International (www.astm.org) for the latest information.
´1
Designation: D4311 – 04
Standard Practice for
Determining Asphalt Volume Correction to a Base
1
Temperature
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D4311; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision.Anumber in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.A
superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1
´ NOTE—CorrectedEquations3and4inaccordancewithEquationsX1.8andX1.10inAppendixX1editoriallyinApril2006.
1. Scope Volume correction factors are used to adjust bulk volumes
measured at those temperatures to corresponding volumes at a
1.1 This practice provides tables of volume correction
base temperature of 15°C or 60°F for the purposes of custody
factors which may be used to convert volumes of asphalt
transfer and accounting operations.
measured at different temperatures to a volume at a standard
3.2 Correction factors as provided in this practice have
base temperature. These tables are applicable to all types of
proven to be sufficiently accurate for the intended purposes.
asphalts except emulsified asphalts.
3.3 Coefficients of expansion used for development of data
1.2 Thispracticeprovidestablestoconvertasphaltvolumes
in this practice are as follows:
to 15°C or 60°F from volumes measured at any temperature
Table Column A Column B
from −25 to +275°C or 0 to 500°F.
1 0.00035 0.00040
1.3 The conversions from the two tables are not equivalent
2 0.00063 0.00072
because the temperatures of 15°C and 60°F that they are based
4. Procedure
on are not equal.
4.1 Volume correction factors are provided for volume
NOTE 1—Correction factors in Table 1 and Table 2 are for use in place
adjustments to 15°C inTable 1 and 60°F inTable 2.The tables
of correction factors provided in Guide D1250, which do not address
2
are entered with asphalt temperature at which bulk volume is
requirements for asphalt specifications.
measured.
2. Referenced Documents
4.2 The tables provide two sets of factors in columns
3
2.1 ASTM Standards: labeledAand B.The selection of the appropriate column,Aor
D70 Test Method for Density of Semi-Solid Bituminous
B, is defined by table footnotes. The selection is based on
Materials (Pycnometer Method) asphalt density at 15°C,API gravity at 60°F, or by the specific
D1250 GuideforUseofthePetroleumMeasurementTables
gravity 60/60°F. Column A factors apply to the majority of
D3142 Test Method for Specific Gravity, API Gravity, or asphalts.
Density of Cutback Asphalts by Hydrometer Method
4.2.1 Values for density at 15°C, API gravity at 60°F, and
D3289 Test Method for Density of Semi-Solid and Solid specificgravity60/60°FmaybeobtainedbyTestMethodD70,
Bituminous Materials (Nickel Crucible Method)
Test Method D3289, or Test Method D3142.
4.2.2 Volume correction factors (see Note 2) for Table 1
3. Significance and Use
were generated using the following formulas:
3.1 Asphalts change in volume with change in temperature.
4.2.2.1 Table 1—A Factor Asphalts:
They are loaded or transferred at widely varying temperatures.
24
A 51.0094684142 26.33413410744 310 [T °C
~ !#
27 2
11.45710416212 310 [T °C! (1)
~ #
1
This practice is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D04 on Road and
Paving Materials and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee D04.40 on
where:
Asphalt Specifications.
A = volume correction factor, and
Current edition approved June 1, 2004. Published June 2004. Originally
T (°C) = temperature of asphalt in °C.
approved in 1983. Last previous edition approved in 1996 as D4311–96. DOI:
10.1520/D4311-04E01. 4.2.2.2 Table 1—B Factor Asphalts:
2
Factors originally published for Groups 0 and 1 oils in Tables 7, 25, and 55 in
24
B 51.0108020095 27.2343515319 310 [T~°C!#
D1250–52T. Last previous edition D1250–04.
3 27 2
For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
12.1996598346 310 [T~°C!# (2)
contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM
Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
the ASTM website.
Copyright © ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, PO Box C700, West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959, United States.
1

---------------------- Page: 1 ----------------------
´1
D4311 – 04
TABLE 1 Volume Reduction to 15°C
A,B A,B A,B
Volume Correction Factor to Volume Correction Factor to Volume Correction Factor to
Observed Observed Observed
15°C 15°C 15°C
Temperature, Temperature, Temperature,
°C °C °C
AB A B A B
−25.0 1.0254 1.0290 0 1.0095 1.0108 25.0 0.9937 0.9929
−24.5 1.0251 1.0287 0.5 1.0092 1.0104 25.5 0.9934 0.9925
−24.0 1.0248 1.0283 1.0 1.0088 1.0101 26.0 0.9931 0.9921
−23.5 1.0244 1.0279 1.5 1.0085 1.0097 26.5 0.9928 0.9918
−23.0 1.0241 1.0276 2.0 1.0082 1.0094 27.0 0.9925 0.9914
−22.5 1.0238 1.02
...