Performance Grade
“Ever Brilliant General Trading LLC.” Serves its client by providing “Performance” grade (temperature-based ) bitumen designated by “PG xx-yy ” categories.
We can provide the required bitumen based on particularities like: Penetration, Specific Gravity, Softening Point, Water Content, Ductility, Solubility, Loss on Heating, Flash Point, Fire Point, etc.
The supplied products adhere to the related standards published by entities like “European Committee for Standardization (CEN)” , “Deutsche Industrie Norm (DIN EN) “ , “Association Française de Normalisation (AFNOR – NF EN)” , “BSI Standards – the UK’s National Standards Body (NSB – BS EN)” , “American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)” , “American Association of State Highway and Transportation O®cials (AASHTO)” ,” South African Standard Organization (SABS)” and “Standards Australia (AS)” .
Applications of different grades of bitumen include: Roofing, Paving, Paint, Cable/Pipe Coating, Water/damp/Carpet Tile waterproofing, Soundproofing, Reservoir lining, etc.
PG Bitumen
| Performance Grade | PG52 | PG58 | PG64 | PG70 | PG76 | Test Method | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 16 | 22 | 10 | 16 | 22 | 10 | 16 | 22 | 12 | 16 | 10 | |||||||
| Average 7-day maximum Pavement Design Temperature °C | <52 | <58 | <64 | <70 | <76 | ||||||
| Minimum Pavement Design Temperature °C | >-10 | >-16 | >-22 | >-10 | >-16 | >-22 | >-10 | >-16 | >-22 | >-10 | >-16 | >-10 | ||||||
| Original Binder | |||||||||||
| Flash point Temperature min °C | 230 | AASHTO T48 | |||||||||
| Viscosity Maximum 3 Pa.s Test Temperature °C | 135 | AASHTO T316 | |||||||||
| Dynamic Shear G*/Sin minimum 1kpa test Temperature °C | 52 | 58 | 64 | 70 | 76 | AASHTO T315 | |||||
| Rolling thin Film Oven Test | AASHTO T240 | ||||||||||
| Mass Change Maximum percent | 1 | ||||||||||
| Dynamic Shear G*/Sin minimum 2,2 KPa test Temperature °C | 52 | 58 | 64 | 70 | 76 | AASHTO T315 | |||||
| Pressure Aging Vessel | AASHTO R28 | ||||||||||
| PAV aging Temperature °C | 90 | 100 | 100 | 100(110) | 100(110) | ||||||
| Dynamic Shear G*/Sin maximum 5000kpa test Temperature @ 10/rad/s °C | 25 | 22 | 19 | 28 | 25 | 22 | 31 | 28 | 25 | 34 | 31 | 37 | AASHTO T315 | |||||
| Creep Stiffens S maximum 300Mpa M-value minimum 0.300 Test Temperature @ 60s °C | 0 | -6 | -12 | 0 | -6 | -12 | 0 | -6 | -12 | 0 | -6 | 0 | AASHTO T313 | |||||
| Creep Stiffens S maximum 300Mpa M-value minimum 0.300 Test Temperature @ 60s °C | 0 | -6 | -12 | 0 | -6 | -12 | 0 | -6 | -12 | 0 | -6 | 0 | AASHTO T314 | |||||
| Critical low cracking Temperature Critical cracking determined by PP42 Test Temperature | 0 | -6 | -12 | 0 | -6 | -12 | 0 | -6 | -12 | 0 | -6 | 0 | AASHTO PP42 | |||||