Proficiency Testing № PTS 21/07

Dear colleagues,

It is our pleasure to invite you to take part in proficiency testing № PTS 21/07

by means of an interlaboratory comparison, including testing and sample taking with subsequent testing.

Subject of testing will be the product “Asphalt mixture” and “Bitumen” under standard methods and parameters, which are given below.

Subject of sample taking will be “Aggregates (fine or all-in material)” according to EN 932-1:1996, item 8.8 with subsequent testing for determination of “loose bulk density” according to EN 1097-3:1998.

Subjects of the proficiency testing

Asphalt mixture

Testing

Code of the standаrd Name of the standard Parameter

EN 12697-6:2020, Procedure В (item 9.3)

Bituminous mixtures - Test methods - Part 6: Determination of bulk density of bituminous specimens

Bulk density

EN 12697-5:2018, Procedure А (item 9.2)

Bituminous mixtures - Test methods - Part 5: Determination of the maximum density

Maximum density

EN 12697-34:2020, S

Bituminous mixtures - Test methods - Part 34: Marshall test

Stability

EN 12697-34:2020, F

Bituminous mixtures - Test methods - Part 34: Marshall test

Flow

Bitumen

Testing

Code of the standаrd Name of the standard Parameter

EN 1426:2015

Bitumen and bituminous binders - Determination of needle penetration

Penetration

EN 1427:2015

Bitumen and bituminous binders - Determination of the softening point - Ring and Ball method

Softening point

EN 15326:2007+A1:2009

Bitumen and bituminous binders - Measurement of density and specific gravity - Capillary-stoppered pyknometer method

Density

EN ISO 2592:2017

Petroleum and related products — Determination of flash and fire points — Cleveland open cup method

Flash point

EN 12607-1:2014

Bitumen and bituminous binders - Determination of the resistance to hardening under influence of heat and air - Part 1: RTFOT method

Percentage of change in mass

EN 12607-1:2014; EN 1426:2015

Bitumen and bituminous binders - Determination of the resistance to hardening under influence of heat and air - Part 1: RTFOT method; Bitumen and bituminous binders - Determination of needle penetration

Percentage of retained penetration at 25 ℃

EN 12607-1:2014; EN 1427:2015

Bitumen and bituminous binders - Determination of the resistance to hardening under influence of heat and air - Part 1: RTFOT method; Bitumen and bituminous binders - Determination of the softening point - Ring and Ball method

Change in ring and ball softening point

Aggregates

Sampling

Code of the standаrd Name of the standard Parameter

EN 932-1:1996 item 8.8

Tests for general properties of aggregates - Part 1: Methods for sampling. Reduction for obtaining a sub-sample according to EN 932-1:1996, item 9  (a selection or combination of items 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, 9.5, 9.6)

Subsequent testing for determination of “loose bulk density” according to EN 1097-3:1998

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