EN 12697-42:2021

Bituminous mixtures - Test methods - Part 42: Amount of foreign matter in reclaimed asphalt EN 12697-42:2021

Publication date:   Jul 15, 2021

Scope

This document specifies a visual method of determining the amount and components of coarse foreign matter in reclaimed asphalt. A method for determining the amount and components of finer foreign matter in reclaimed asphalt is given in Annex A. This method does not completely categorize the foreign matter that can occur in reclaimed asphalt.
NOTE For the use of reclaimed asphalt in bituminous mixtures it is important to know the components in the reclaimed asphalt and to know to what extent coarse foreign matter is present that can influence the properties of the bituminous mixture.