National foreword

This British Standard is the UK implementation of EN 12697‑43:2023. It supersedes BS EN 12697‑43:2014, which is withdrawn.

The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee B/510/1, Asphalt products.

A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its committee manager.

Contractual and legal considerations

This publication has been prepared in good faith, however no representation, warranty, assurance or undertaking (express or implied) is or will be made, and no responsibility or liability is or will be accepted by BSI in relation to the adequacy, accuracy, completeness or reasonableness of this publication. All and any such responsibility and liability is expressly disclaimed to the full extent permitted by the law.

This publication is provided as is, and is to be used at the recipient’s own risk.

The recipient is advised to consider seeking professional guidance with respect to its use of this publication.

This publication is not intended to constitute a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application.

Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity from legal obligations.

This British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 30 April 2023.

This European Standard was approved by CEN on 3 March 2023.

CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre or to any CEN member.

This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the same status as the official versions.

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European foreword

This document (EN 12697‑43:2023) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 227 “Road materials”, the secretariat of which is held by BSI.

This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by October 2023, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by October 2023.

Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. CEN shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.

This document supersedes EN 12697‑43:2014.

The main changes compared to the previous edition are listed below:

the title no longer refers to hot mix asphalt;
general editorial update according to current standard template and CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations Part 3:2019;
general editorial change of rotation speed indicated with “rpm” to “min^-1” ;
[Clause 2] deletion of reference to EN 13108‑20:2006;
[Clause 2] added reference to EN 12697‑7;
[5.3] paragraph revised and the term accuracy amended to maximum permissible error;
[5.6.2] keys referring to Figure 3 corrected to letters;
[5.6.2] corrected reference to Clause 5.7 in Figure 3, E;
[5.8] completion of description of soft-haired brush;
[5.8] introduction of new Figure 5 (example of soft-haired brush). Following Figures re-numbered;
[5.9] introduction of new Clause with description of pH-meter;
[7.2] tolerance for the height of specimen amended from “40 to 60 mm” to “(50 ± 5) mm”;
[7.2] specimens to be tested amended from three to four;
[7.2] clarified description of porous asphalt and non-porous asphalt with respect to void content;
[7.2] introduction of paragraph with description of the use of compaction methods;
[7.2] introduction of explanatory NOTE regarding the impact of height on the result;
[7.2] introduction of explanatory NOTE regarding the impact of different compaction methods;
[7.3] reference to EN 13108‑20:2006. Annex A deleted;
[7.3] addition of EN 12697‑7 for the determination of bulk density;
[8.1.1] amended description for the immersion of fuel of the test specimen;
[8.1.1] changed storage temperature for the immersed specimen to 20 ± 2 °C;
[8.1.1] introduction of explanatory NOTE regarding influence of the fuel temperature;
[8.1.2] introduction of “WARNING” regarding the disposal of the soiled water;
[8.1.3] the term “accuracy” amended to read “to the nearest”. NOTE changed to normal text;
[8.2.1] clarified description of porous asphalt and non-porous asphalt with respect to void content;
[8.2.2], [8.2.2.1], [8.2.2.2], [8.2.3], [8.2.3.1], [8.2.3.2], [8.2.4], [8.2.5] amended titles;
[8.2.5] paragraph with “EXAMPLE” amended to normal text;
[8.3] deletion of conflictiong and superfluous paragraph “Carry out the test with three specimens”;
[8.3] added references to Formulas;
[Clause 9] bullets in test report revised and completed with additional information to be given.

A list of all parts in the EN 12697 series can be found on the CEN website.

Any feedback and questions on this document should be directed to the users’ national standards body. A complete listing of these bodies can be found on the CEN website.

According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organisations of the following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye and the United Kingdom.

1 Scope

This document specifies a test method to determine the resistance of a bituminous mixture or pavement to fuels. The procedure involves initial soaking of a test specimen made in the laboratory or cored from a pavement in a fuel, followed by a brushing period with a brush test device. The material loss of the specimen is a measure of the resistance to that fuel for that bituminous mixture.

2 Normative references

3 Terms and definitions

4 Principle

5 Apparatus

5.1

5.2

5.3

5.4

5.5

5.6

5.7

5.8

5.9

6 Fuels

7 Preparation of test specimens

7.1

7.2

7.3

7.4

8 Procedure

8.1 Soaking in fuel and removing the fuel

8.2 The brush test

8.3 Calculation and expression of results

9 Test report

10 Precision

BS EN 12697-43:2023

Bituminous mixtures. Test methods - Resistance to fuel

Current

Published:

30 Apr 2023