Standard Specification for

Sizes of Aggregate for Road

and Bridge Construction

AASHTO Designation: M 43-05 (2013)1

ASTM Designation: 0448-12

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 Standard Specification for

Sizes of Aggregate for Road

and Bridge Construction

AASHTO Designation: M 43-05 (2013)1

AASHlo
ASTM Designation: 0448-12

1. SCOPE

1 .1. This specification 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. The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as the standard.

2. REFERENCED DOCUMENTS

2.1. AASHTO Standards:

• M 92, Wire-Cloth Sieves for Testing Purposes
• T 2, Sampling of Aggregates
• T 27, Sieve Analysis of Fine and Coarse Aggregates

3. SIGNIFICANCE AND USE

3.1. 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.

4. MANUFACTURE

4.1. The standard sizes of aggregate described in this classification are manufactured by means of any
suitable process used to separate raw material into the desired size ranges. Production of standard
sizes by blending two or more different components is also permitted.

5. STANDARD SIZES

5.1. Standard sizes of coarse aggregate shall comply with the sizes given in Table 1. All sizes shall be
determined by means of laboratory sieves having square openings and conforming to M 92.

6. BASIS OF CLASSIFICATION

6.1. Classification is based upon the size number and size ranges shown in Table 1 with the aggregate
sampled in accordance with T 2 and tested for grading by T 27.

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 ~ I Table i -Standard Sizes of Processed Aggregate
o AmOWlts Finer Than Each Laboratory Sieve (Square Openings), Mass, %
Size Nominal Size, lOOmm 90mm 75rnm 63rnm 50mm 37.5 mm 25.0 rum 19.0 mm 12.5 mm 9.5 rom 4.75 IIIII! 2.36 nun 1.1 8 mm 300 JlI11 150 JlI11
Number Square Openings (4 in.) (3 '/, in.) (3 in.) (2 '/, hI.) (2 in.) (1 '/, in.) (lin.) ('I, in.) ('I, in.) ('I, in.) (No. 4) (No.8) (No. 16) (No. 50) (No. 100)
90 to 37.S uun 100 9010100 25 to 60 o to 15 0105
(3 1/2 to 1 !/2 in.)
63 to 37 .S DUU 100 90 to 100 35 to 70 01015 o to 5
(21/210 \ 1/2 m.)
24 63 to 19.0 nun 100 90 to 100 2S to 60 o to 10 0105
(2 1/210 l/~ ill.)
50 to 25.0 nun 100 90 to 100 3S 10 70 o to 15 0105
(2 to 1 in.)
357 50 to 4.75 rum 100 95 10100 351070 10 10 30 Oto 5
(2 in. 10 No.4)
37.5 to 19.0 nuu ' 00 90 to 100 20 to 55 o to 15 o to 5
(11/210 '14 in.)
467 37.5 to 4.75 nuu ' 00 95 to 100 35 to 70 10 to 30 0105
( I 1/1 10 No. 4)
25.0 to 12.5 nun 100 90 10100 20 to 55 oin JO 0105
( Ito I,: in.)
56 25.0 to 9.5 mol 100 90 to 100 40 to 85 101040 010 IS Ot05
(1 10 3/. in.)

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57 25.0 to 4.7S nun 100 9510 100 25 1060 Oto 10 Ot05
( 1 IO No.4)
19.0 to 9.5 nun 100 9010 100 20 to 55 010 15 0105
el4 to 3/, in.)
67 19.0 to 4.75 nUll 100 90 to 100 20 to 5S o to 10 0105
el. to No. 4)
68 19.0 to 2.36 IIml 100 90 to 100 30 to 6S 5 to 25 o to 10 0105
el. to No.8)
12.5 to 4.75 mm 100 9010 100 40 to 70 Oto IS Ot05
ell 10 No.4)
78 12.5102.36 uun 100 90 10 100 40 to 7S S to 2S o to 10 0105
CillO No. 8)
9.510 2.36 mrn 100 85 to 100 10 to 30 o to 10 0105
el. to No.8)
89 9.5 to 1.18 mm 100 90 to 100 20 to SS 5 to 30 o to 10 Ot05
CI, to No. 16)
4.75 to US mrn 100 85 to 100 10 to 40 o to 10 OtaS
(No.4 to No. 16)
10 4.751run 100 8S to 100 10 to 30
(No. 41( 0)"
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 7. KEYWORDS

7.1. Classification; coarse aggregate; standard sizes.

1 This specification is technically equivalent to ASTM D448-12.

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