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Class 6 Base Course | 1 ½" Dry Screened Rock | Recycled Asphalt Pavement


recycled Class 6 Base Course        October 2010

AASHTO T 27, Sieve Analysis of Fine and Course Aggregates

Sieve Size % Passing CDOT Grading Specifications
% Passing
19.0 mm (3/4") 100 100
12.5 mm (1/2") 91 -
9.5 mm (3/8") 81 -
4.75 mm (No. 4) 61 30-65
2.36 mm (No. 8) 49 25-55
1.18 mm (No. 16) 36 -
600 um (No. 30) 25 -
300 um (No. 50) 16 -
150 um (No. 100) 10 -
75 um (No.200) 6.6 3-12

AASHTO T 96, Resistance to Degradation of Small Size Coarse
Aggregate by Abrasion and Impact in the Los Angeles Machine

Sample I.D Grading Weight Before,g Weight After,g % Loss
Class 6 D 5000.0 2915 36

AASHTO T 89, Determining the Liquid Limits of Soils

Sample I.D Liquid Limit  
Class 6 NL

AASHTO T 90, Determining the Plastic Limits and Plasticity Index of Soils

Sample I.D Plastic Limit Plasticity Index
Class 6 Non-Plastic NP

AASHTO T 180, Moisture-Density Relations of Soils

Sample I.D Maximum Density, pcf Optimum Moisture, %
Class 6 118.5 13.0

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recycled 1 1/2" Dry Screened Rock

  % Passing
Sample 1 ½ Inch 1 Inch ¾ Inch ½ Inch 3/8 Inch No. 4
1 ½ inch 100 66 29 3 2 1


recycled Recycled Asphalt Pavement        3/02/06

Sieve Size % Passing CDOT Grading E Specifications
% Passing
1 ½" 100 -
1" 100 -
¾" 100 100
½" 92  -
3/8" 85  -
No. 4 61 38-72
No. 8 44 25-58
No. 16 32  -
No. 30 23  -
No. 50 16  -
No. 100 10  -
No. 200 6.1 3-12
AC Content, %* 4.6  -

* Asphalt cement content does not reflect an ash correction or a retention factor.

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