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SOFTENING-POINT TEST [1 record]

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Record 1 2002-07-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petroleum Asphalts
  • Materials Engineering
  • Engineering Tests and Reliability
DEF

[A test that] measures the temperature ... at which a steel ball falls a known distance through the bitumen when the test assembly is heated at a known rate.

CONT

The most commonly used softening-point test is the "ring-and-ball" method.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bitumes
  • Génie des matériaux
  • Fiabilité, contrôle et essais (Ingénierie)

Spanish

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