FREEZE-THAW TESTS OF LIQUID DEICING CHEMICALS ON SELECTED PAVEMENT MATERIALS

Tests were conducted to assess the extent of surface degradation resulting from the application of non-chloride deicing chemicals on three types of airfield pavements. The chemicals tested were proprietary mixtures of urea, formamide, and ethylene glycol; sodium chloride, distilled water, and dry specimens were used as controls and for comparison. Pavements included new and old specimens of open-graded asphaltic concrete and old specimens of dense-graded asphaltic concrete. Portland cement concrete specimens used were new and old, with the without air-entrainment. New and old tar rubber concrete specimens were also tested. Samples were subjected to up to 60 freeze-thaw cycles with deicing chemicals flooding their upper surface. Each specimen was rated on a scale of 0-5 after every five freeze-thaw cycles. All PCC specimens showed some surface degradation, whereas the dense- and open-graded asphaltic concretes were largely unaffected. /Author/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Funding for this research was provided by U.S. Air Force Civil Engineering Center.
• Corporate Authors:

  U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory

  72 Lyme Road
  Hanover, NH  United States  03755-1290
• Authors:
  • Minsk, L D
• Publication Date: 1977-11

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 16 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airport runways; Asphalt concrete; Chemistry; Deicing; Ethylene glycol; Freeze thaw tests; Liquids; Portland cement concrete; Urea
• Uncontrolled Terms: Degradation
• Old TRIS Terms: Formamide
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Highways; Materials; Pavements; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00172164
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory
• Report/Paper Numbers: CRREL Rpt. 77-28
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 12 2000 12:00AM