ASTM D448-03a

Standard Classification for Sizes of Aggregate for Road and Bridge Construction

SIGNIFICANCE AND USE
Some contract documents specify certain aggregate sizes for specific uses or may suggest one or more of these sizes as appropriate for the preparation of various end-product mixtures. In some cases, closer limits on variability of the aggregate grading are required.
SCOPE
1.1 This classification defines aggregate size designations and ranges in mechanical analyses for standard sizes of coarse aggregate and screenings for use in the construction and maintenance of various types of highways and bridges.
1.2 With regard to sieve sizes and the size of aggregate as determined by the use of testing sieves, the values in inch-pound units are shown for the convenience of the user; however, the standard sieve designation shown in parentheses is the standard value as stated in Specification E 11.
1.3 The text of this standard references notes and footnotes which provide explanatory material. These notes and footnotes (excluding those in tables and figures) shall not be considered as requirements of the standard.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 30-Nov-2003
• ICS: 93.080.10 - Road construction
• Technical Committee: D04 - Road and Paving Materials
• Drafting Committee: D04.50 - Aggregate Specifications

Relations

• Replaces: ASTM D448-03 - Standard Classification for Sizes of Aggregate for Road and Bridge Construction
• Effective Date: 01-Dec-2003
• Replaced By: ASTM D448-08 - Standard Classification for Sizes of Aggregate for Road and Bridge Construction
• Effective Date: 01-Jul-2008
• Referred By: ASTM D1369-19 - Standard Practice for Quantities of Materials for Asphalt-Aggregate Surface Treatments
• Effective Date: 01-Dec-2003
• Referred By: ASTM D5081/D5081M-90(2018) - Standard Test Method for Aggregate Layer Hiding Power
• Effective Date: 01-Dec-2003
• Referred By: ASTM D6932/D6932M-21 - Standard Guide for Materials and Construction of Open-Graded Friction Course Plant Asphalt Mixtures
• Effective Date: 01-Dec-2003
• Referred By: ASTM D692/D692M-20 - Standard Specification for Coarse Aggregate for Asphalt Paving Mixtures
• Effective Date: 01-Dec-2003
• Referred By: ASTM G109-23 - Standard Test Methods for Determining Effects of Chemical Admixtures on Corrosion of Embedded Steel Reinforcement in Concrete Exposed to Chloride Environments
• Effective Date: 01-Dec-2003
• Referred By: ASTM C127-15 - Standard Test Method for Relative Density (Specific Gravity) and Absorption of Coarse Aggregate
• Effective Date: 01-Dec-2003
• Referred By: ASTM D6638-18 - Standard Test Method for Determining Connection Strength Between Geosynthetic Reinforcement and Segmental Concrete Units (Modular Concrete Blocks)
• Effective Date: 01-Dec-2003
• Referred By: ASTM D5360-15 - Standard Practice for Design and Construction of Bituminous Surface Treatments
• Effective Date: 01-Dec-2003
• Referred By: ASTM D6916-18 - Standard Test Method for Determining the Shear Strength Between Segmental Concrete Units (Modular Concrete Blocks)
• Effective Date: 01-Dec-2003
• Referred By: ASTM D1863/D1863M-05(2018) - Standard Specification for Mineral Aggregate Used on Built-Up Roofs
• Effective Date: 01-Dec-2003
• Referred By: ASTM D4215-21 - Standard Specification for Cold-Mixed, Cold-Laid Asphalt Paving Mixtures
• Effective Date: 01-Dec-2003
• Referred By: ASTM D1139/D1139M-22 - Standard Specification for Aggregate for Single or Multiple Asphalt Surface Treatments
• Effective Date: 01-Dec-2003
• Referred By: ASTM D5106-22 - Standard Specification for Steel Slag Aggregates for Asphalt Paving Mixtures
• Effective Date: 01-Dec-2003

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation: D 448 – 03a
Standard Classification for
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Sizes of Aggregate for Road and Bridge Construction
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D 448; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
This standard has been approved for use by agencies of the Department of Defense.
1. Scope E11 Specification for Wire Cloth and Sieves for Testing
Purposes
1.1 This classification defines aggregate size designations
and ranges in mechanical analyses for standard sizes of coarse
3. Significance and Use
aggregate and screenings for use in the construction and
3.1 Some contract documents specify certain aggregate
maintenance of various types of highways and bridges.
sizes for specific uses or may suggest one or more of these
1.2 With regard to sieve sizes and the size of aggregate as
sizes as appropriate for the preparation of various end-product
determined by the use of testing sieves, the values in inch-
mixtures. In some cases, closer limits on variability of the
pound units are shown for the convenience of the user;
aggregate grading are required.
however, the standard sieve designation shown in parentheses
is the standard value as stated in SpecificationE11.
4. Manufacture
1.3 The text of this standard references notes and footnotes
4.1 The standard sizes of aggregate described in this clas-
which provide explanatory material. These notes and footnotes
sification are manufactured by means of any suitable process
(excluding those in tables and figures) shall not be considered
used to separate raw material into the desired size ranges.
as requirements of the standard.
Production of standard sizes by blending two or more different
components is permitted.
2. Referenced Documents
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
5. Standard Sizes
C 136 Test Method for Sieve Analysis of Fine and Coarse
5.1 Standard sizes of coarse aggregate shall comply with the
Aggregates
sizes given in Table 1. All sizes shall be determined by means
D75 Practice for Sampling Aggregates
of laboratory sieves having square openings and conforming to
SpecificationE11.
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This classification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D04 on Road
and Paving Materials and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee D04.50 on
6. Basis of Classification
Aggregate Specifications.
6.1 Classification is based upon the size number and size
Current edition approved Dec. 1, 2003. Published December 2003. Originally
approved in 1937. Last previous edition approved in 2003 as D 448 – 03. ranges shown in Table 1 with the aggregate sampled in
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accordance with PracticeD75 and tested for grading by Test
contact ASTM Customer Service at [e-mail]. For Annual Book of ASTM
Method C 136.
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D 448 – 03a
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TABLE 1 Standard Sizes of Processed Aggregate
Amounts Finer than Each Laboratory Sieve (Square Openings), mass percent
Nominal Size,
90- 300- 150-
Size
100- 75- 4.75- 2.36- 1.18-
Square
mm 63-mm 50-mm 37.5-mm 25.0-mm 19.0-mm 12.5-mm 9.5-mm µm µm
Number
mm mm mm mm mm
Openings
1 1 1 3 1 3
(3 ⁄2-in.) (2 ⁄2-in.) (2-in.) (1 ⁄2-in.) (1-in.) ( ⁄4-in.) ( ⁄2-in.) ( ⁄8-in.) (No. (No.
(4-in.) (3-in.) (No. 4) (No. 8) (No. 16)
50) 100)
1 90 to 37.5-mm 100 90 to 100 . 25 to 60 . 0 to 15 . 0 to 5 . . . . . . .
1 1
(3 ⁄2 to 1 ⁄2-in.)
2 63 to 37.5-mm . . 100 90 to 100 35 to 70 0 to 15 . 0 to 5 . . . . . . .
1 1
(2 ⁄2 to 1 ⁄2-in.)
24 63 to 19.0-mm . . 100 90 to 100 . 25 to 60 . 0 to 10 0 to 5 . . . . . .
1 3
(2 ⁄2 to ⁄4-in.)
3 50 to 25.0-mm . . . 100 90 to 100 35 to 70 0 to 15 . 0 to 5 . . . . . .
(2 to 1-in.)
357 50 to 4.75-mm . . . 100 95 to 100 . 35 to 70 . 10 to 30 . 0 to 5 . . . .
(2-in. to No. 4)
4 37.5 to 19.0-mm . . . . 100 90 to 100 20 to 55 0 to 15 . 0 to 5 . . . . .
1 3
(1 ⁄2 to ⁄4-in.)
467 37.5 to 4.75-mm . . . . 100 95 to 100 . 35 to 70 . 10 to 30 0 to 5 . . . .
1
(1 ⁄2-in. to No. 4)
5 25.0 to 12.5-mm. . . . . . 100 90 to 100 20 to 55 0 to 10 0 to 5 . . . . .
1
(1 to ⁄2-in.)
56 25.0 to 9.5-mm . . . . . 100 90 to 100 40 to 85 10 to 40 0 to 15 0 to 5 . . . .
3
(1 to ⁄8-in.)
57 25.0 to 4.75-mm . . . . . 100 95 to 100 . 25 to 60 . 0 to 10 0 to 5
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