TALCUM POWDER AS A FILLER FOR ROADS

THE AUTHOR DESCRIBES THE USE OF TALCUM POWDER AS A FILLER FOR BITUMINOUS MIXTURES. ITS MOST NOTICEABLE PROPERTY IS ITS STIFFENING EFFECT ON THE BITUMEN. LABORATORY TESTS SHOWED THAT THE USE OF TALCUM POWDER COULD INCREASE THE COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH OF A MIXTURE TO 46 KG PER SQ. CM. /TRRL/

• Authors:
  • Wecker, H
• Publication Date: 1972-4

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 168-9
• Serial:
  • Bitumen, Terre, Asphalte, Peche u Verwardte Staffe
  • Volume: 23
  • Issue Number: 4

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bituminous mixtures; Calculation; Fillers (Materials); Laboratory tests; Stiffness; Strength of materials
• Uncontrolled Terms: Computation
• Subject Areas: Highways; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00211863
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 31 1974 12:00AM