Across
- 3. Acronym for the Department of Transportation for this state
- 4. A laboratory tool that divides a bulk sample of material into smaller, representative samples. A _ splitter
- 6. The practice of storing a large supply of something for future use
- 7. The name of this test method covers the determination of the maximum specific gravity of uncompacted asphalt paving mixtures, using volumetrics flasks, a vacuum system, etc.
- 8. A portion or subdivision of a larger lot. Stratified Random Sampling methods will be used on ALL CDOT projects
- 9. Aggregated used in asphalt shall be sampled by the contractor and witnessed by an _ state representative
- 10. A long line of material heaped by a machine or dumped from a semi in which samples are taken from
- 12. The ratio of the density of a substance to the density of a standard, usually water for a liquid or solid, and air for a gas
Down
- 1. The exertion of force on something so that it becomes more dense
- 2. Avoid having this judgement when sampling so all samples have an equal chance of being selected
- 3. This soft, silvery-white alkali metal that is liquid near room temperature is used in many industrial applications - in this case, it's the source rods that measure the density of soils & asphalt in the nuclear gauge
- 5. This substance holds the components of asphalt together. Plant operators will put a sample of oil into a _ can
- 7. Samples for base/subbases should be taken from this part of a road intended for vehicles
- 11. Reclaimed asphalt pavement - reprocessed pavement materials containing asphalt and aggregates
- 12. One of the most critical steps in materials testing is the _ method