Ductility Testing Apparatus

Bitumen binders are used in flexible pavement construction. It is important for bituminous material to form ductile thin film around the aggregates, which serves as a binder. If the binder material does not have sufficient ductility, it leads to spurious pavement surface and leads to development of cracks. Therefore it is extremely important to carry out the ductility test on bituminous material.
Ductility is defined as distance in centimeters to which a standard briquette of bitumen can be stretched before the thread breaks.The briquette is stretched at a rate of 50 mm min. +2.5 mm per minute at a temperature of 27ºC +0.5ºC.