‘Standard Specification for Materials for Aggregate and Soil-Aggregate Subbase, Base, and Surface Courses AASHTO Designation: M 147-65 (2004) 1. SCOPE ie courses, The sequen ifs grit, abromtion, md gradation characteris wed, mprepriste limits must be specified 2. REFERENCED DOCUMENTS 2A AASHTO Standards: 1M LMS, Caleium Chovide 8, Patol Size Ana: 7, Determinin: 1790, Determining te Paste Limit and Ph igi Limit oF Soi sity Index of Sail, sion of Small Size Coarse Aggregate by Abrasion and Tmmpact in theLo: Angela: Machine mT 146, Wet Preparation of ‘bed Soil Samples for Test 3. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS 3A Coarse Aeeresare 34. sist of hard, durble pales er ‘that break up wien atema‘ly foren and wal ot saz.Note 1A hizher orlower percentage of wear may be specified by the engines, depending upon ‘he materiale available forthe wesk, 32 Fine Aggregate 321 Fine aggregate pacing the 200-1 fine mizersl patcla: parang the (No. 10) sive shall consist of matural or erased in (No, 200) seve. 3.22 ‘The fraction passing the 75-tim (No. 200) save shal not be grater than twosthuds ofthe faction passing the 0.125-sua (No. 40) sieve. The faction pasting the 0425-aun seve all have aligeid Sout not srater am 5 and pacity ind not pomtor oan 6 33 All material shall be fee tom vegetable matter and lumps or ball: of clay. The coil-azereszte ‘material hall conform to the arading requirement: of Table 1. The grading requirements for composite aggreget material wil be -pcited by the magiaee: Table 1—Grading Requirement: for Soil Agere ta Materials Sieve Designation ‘Mizz Percent Paene Sandie, mn Alternate GriingGriding—Grdine Gnd 200 ons ous a ‘SUBBASE MATERIALS 4a Materials fo subbace shall conform tothe requirements of Section: 3 and 4 for Grading: A,B,C. DE, orF The type and grading desired shall b Note 2—Whare local experience hae shown that lower percentages pacsing the 75-jma No. 200) sieve dn ae required in Table 1 are nes by fost action, the engineer could -peity BASE COURSE MATERIALS 5a Maserials for base course shall conform ro the requiremans of Section 3 for Grading: A, B,C, D, EjorF The grading deoised chal be speified Note $—Where local experience ae shown that lower percentages pacsmg the 75-2 (No. 200) Slave dan ave veqited in Table J are necessary for base couse mutenialsin order 10 prevent damsage by Bost action, Se exginecr should cpasiy 2uchlewer parcentag6a ‘SURFACE COURSE MATERIALS: Note 4 Where itis plauned thatthe sil aggregate surface coure isto be maintained for several ‘year without bitumious siface tentmentor cther superimposed impervious surfacing the ‘engineer should specify a miaimum of eight pescent pacing 75m (No. 200) seve in Leu of the shown ia Table for Gradins C, D,orE, and chould spony mizname liquid imi of35 and plasticity inder range of fourto ine in lewof the imi eivenin Secion 322 MOISTURE CONTENT 7A Allmterials call contain moisture equi oor lightly below the optimum necessary to insure ‘tha the design density requirements re obtaned when materials ae compacted. 8. “ADMIXTURE Ba (Calsium chloride aced forte coutal ofmiistne shall mest the requiemant of 145 9%. METHODS OF SAMPLING AND TESTING ga Samplaig and ectng shal ben accordance with the following tandand meted: ofthe American ‘Anocistoa of Stale Highway and Tismpostation Official = Sanpng, T2 Sieve analysis, 727 or T88 Prepating samples, T87 Ligue, T 39 Plustic limit and plasicity index, 790 Percentage of wenr, 96 Passing 75-uus (Yo. 200:ieve),T11