Department of Civil Engineering
University of New Mexico

MSC01 1070
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
Ph (505) 277 2722, Fax (505) 277 1988
Email: civil@unm.edu
 

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Asphalt Binder Lab »

The Asphalt Binder laboratory has standard capabilities for assessing asphalt cement properties including viscosity, softening point, and flash point. This laboratory also has the capabilities for performing the SHRP binder specification tests: bending beam rheometer, dynamic shear rheometer, and Brookfield viscosity.  In addition, this laboratory has asphalt mixing, molding and test equipment for Marshall testing, this laboratory has several ovens including rolling thin film oven for asphalt aging.  This laboratory will soon have a micro-nano scale research grade Dynamic Shear Rheometer (by Feb 2009).

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