Asphalt:
Asphalt is a mixture of aggregates, binders, and fillers used for
constructing and maintaining all kinds of roads & parking areas. It is often used in play and sports areas as well. Aggregates used for asphalt mixtures could be crushed rock, sand, gravel or slags. To bind the aggregates into a cohesive mixture, a binder is used. Most commonly, bitumen is used as a binder. An average
asphalt pavement consists of the road structure above the
formation level which includes unbound and bituminous-bound materials. This gives the pavement the ability to distribute the loads of the traffic before it arrives at the formation level. Normally, pavements are made of different layers:
Asphalt layer by layer
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Asphalt driveway being installed
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