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GLASS BEADS IN PAINT

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00217293

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Order URL: http://worldcat.org/isbn/0309020840

Abstract:

SEVERAL ITEMS OF LABORATORY EQUIPMENT WERE USED TO STUDY GLASS BEADS IN PAINT. WEAR AND ABRASION OF BEADS AND PAINT WERE STUDIED WITH A TYPE OF SURFACE ABRASION EQUIPMENT DEVELOPED BY CALIFORNIA. TEXTURE OF ROAD SURFACES WAS MEASURED BY THE USE OF CORES AND LINEAR TRAVERSE EQUIPMENT. BINOCULAR AND PETROGRAPHIC MICROSCOPES WERE USED TO STUDY PAINT AND BEAD PROBLEMS IN THE FIELD AND LABORATORY. NORMAL HEADLIGHT ANGLES WERE SIMULATED WITH A VERTICAL ILLUMINATOR ON A MICROSCOPE. INTERNAL FRACTURES IN BEADS ARE MORE DETRIMENTAL TO LIGHT RETROREFLECTION THAN ARE BUBBLES, IMPURITIES, OR NONROUND BEADS. KANSAS GLASS BEAD SPECIFICATIONS HAVE BEEN CHANGED AND HAVE RESULTED IN A LOWER UNIT PRICE.

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Monograph Accession #:

01410329

Authors:

Crumpton, Carl F
McCaskill, George A

Pagination:

pp 52-63

Publication Date:

1972

Serial:

Highway Research Record

Issue Number: 412
Publisher: Highway Research Board

Conference:

51st Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board

Location: Washington District of Columbia, United States
Date: 1972-1-17 to 1972-1-21

ISBN:

0309020840

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures (13) ; References (18)

Subject Areas:

Geotechnology; Highways; Materials; Pavements

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Apr 17 1973 12:00AM

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