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WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN

ORDINARY AND PERFORMANCE GRADED
BINDERS?
Suryakanta | May 10, 2016 | Bitumen, Construction, Materials, Road Construction | 1 Comment

COMPARISON BETWEEN ORDINARY &

PERFORMANCE GRADED BINDERS
The primary differences between ordinary graded binder and performance graded binder is given in the
following table

ORDINARY GRADED PERFORMANCE GRADED

BINDERS BINDERS

Binders are graded based upon pavement

Binders are graded either based upon penetration
temperature, which are close to in service
or viscosity
conditions of pavements

Binders are graded based on tests conducted at a Binders are graded based on different ranges of
particular critical test temperature only pavement temperatures similar to field conditions

Past experience, empirical and semi-empirical Purely scientific and performance based studies are
test results are used considered

Hardening and aging due to storage, mixing, Hardening and ageing during storage, mixing,
spraying, exposure and oxidation are not spraying, exposure and oxidation is simulated by
considered conducting RTFO and PAV tests

The properties of the binder at minimum Susceptibility of the binder to lower temperatures is
pavement temperature are not considered carefully evaluated by conducting BBR and DT tests

Flow, workability and viscosity properties of the

The characteristics of flow and workability during
binder are determined at higher temperature by
mixing of the binder are not considered.
using

Visco-elastic properties are determined by using

Visco-elastic properties are not much considered.
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