PERFORMANCE OF ASPHALT PAVEMENTS SUBJECTED TO DE-ICING SALTS

THIS PAPER DESCRIBES A LABORATORY INVESTIGATION ON THE PERFORMANCE OF ASPHALT PAVEMENT SUBJECTED TO THE COMMON DEICING SALTS. VARIOUS TESTS WERE MADE ON THE SPECIMENS IMMEDIATELY AFTER THEY WERE PREPARED AND AFTER 10, 50 AND 100 DAILY TEST CYCLES. COMPARISONS OF THE TEST RESULTS INDICATED THAT THE REPETITIVE DAILY APPLICATIONS OF THE DE-ICING SALTS TO MELT ICE FROM THE SURFACES OF SPECIMENS HAD NO SIGNIFICANT EFFECTS ON SPECIMEN STABILITIES, OR ON THE PENETRATION, SOFTENING POINT, OR DUCTILITY OF ASPHALT RECOVERED FROM THE SPECIMENS. NO LOSS OF AGGREGATE FROM ANY SPECIMENS OCCURRED DURING THE TESTS. NO DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS OF THE DE-ICING SALTS ON THE ASPHALT PAVEMENT SPECIMENS SUBJECTED TO THE TESTING CONDITIONS USED FOR THE INVESTIGATION WERE INDICATED BY THE TEST RESULTS. THE STUDY OFFERS EVIDENCE THAT WELL-DESIGNED AND WELL-CONSTRUCTED ASPHALT PAVEMENTS ARE NOT DAMAGED BY SODIUM AND CALCIUM CHLORIDE SALTS USED FOR ICE AND SNOW CONTROL. /AUTHOR/

• Record URL:
  • http://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/hrr/1963/24/24-003.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved
• Authors:
  • Kallas, B F
• Publication Date: 1963

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 49-61
• Monograph Title: Bituminous materials and mixtures
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Record
  • Issue Number: 24
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Asphalt pavements; Calcium chloride; Deicers (Equipment); Laboratory tests; Performance; Salts; Snow and ice control; Sodium chloride
• Uncontrolled Terms: Deicers
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Pavements; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00206186
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Jul 1 1994 12:00AM