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Term of the Road Dictionary

accelerated polishing test

  • Language : PIARC Road Dictionary / English
  • Theme : Roads Materials Material Testing
  • Definition : Test in which samples of a coarse aggregate are subjected to accelerated polishing on a test machine using a rubber tyre and an abrasive mixture at the tyre-stone interface. Note: after abrasion, the state of polish is measured with a British pendulum tester.

Polierbarkeitsschnellversuch