INSTITUTE FOR TESTING AND CERTIFICATION

Bitumens and petroleum products

The testing of bitumens and other petroleum products in the reference laboratory is a specialized activity of the Accredited testing laboratory No. 1004. The testing laboratory is unique in the Czech Republic and is a respected workplace in the highway constructions department.

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SPHERE OF ACTIVITY OF THE LABORATORY

  • bituminous binders
  • road petroleum bitumens
  • modified bitumen
  • cut-back asphalt
  • bitumen emulsions
  • bituminous sealing compounds for pouring cement-concrete joints
  • bituminous binders for construction of elastic bridge blocks
  • cold applied one-component and multicomponent sealing components
  • Petroleum substances
  • Fuels

TESTING OF BITUMENS AND SEALING COMPOUNDS

  • Road petroleum bitumens
    • Needle penetration
    • Softening point (ring and ball)
    • Ageing resistance
    • Flash point
    • Fraass breaking point
    • Solubility in toluene or xylene
    • Paraffin content 
  • Modified bitumens
    • Needle penetration
    • Softening point (ring and ball)
    • Ductility
    • Reversible ductility
    • Force ductility
    • Pendulum cohesion test
    • Fraass breaking point 
    • Density
    • Cleveland flash point
    • Storage stability at 180 °C
    • Ageing resistance
  • Diluted bitumens
    • Determination of distillation characteristics of petroleum diluted bitumens
    • Determination of flow time of petroleum diluted bitumens
    • Pensky-Martens flash point
  • Bitumen emulsions
    • Apparent characteristics
    • Polarity of particles
    • Cleavage ability by mineral filler ŽKS.CZ
    • Miscibility with cement
    • Miscibility with filler
    • 0.5 mm sieve residue
    • 0.5 mm sieve residue (7-day storage)
    • Penetrating capacity
    • Binder content 
    • Oil distillate content
    • Flow time at 40 °C, hole 2 mm, 4 mm
    • Recovery of bituminous binder from emulsion by means of evaporation
    • Stabilization of recovered binder
    • Softening point (ring and ball) of recovered or stabilized binder
    • Needle penetration of recovered or stabilized binder
    • Reversible ductility of recovered or stabilized binder from bitumen emulsion modified by elastomer
    • Pendulum cohesion of recovered or stabilized binder from bitumen emulsion modified by elastomer or plastomer
    • Determination of pH value of bitumen emulsions
    • Adhesion determination of bitumen emulsions in water immersion test – Aggregate method
  • Bituminous sealing compounds for pouring cement-concrete joints
    • Softening point (ring and ball)
    • Cone penetration
    • Apparent density
    • Penetration and flexible regeneration – resilience
    • Heating stability
    • Creep resistance
    • Immersion resistance in hydrocarbon fuel
    • Compatibility with bitumen cover
    • Adhesion and cohesion due to discontinuous elongation
    • Adhesion and cohesion after continuous elongation and compression
  • Cold applied one-component and multicomponent sealing components
    • Extrudability
    • Degree of maturing
    • Drying time 
    • Self-levelling properties
    • Creep resistance
    • Volume loss 
    • Weight and volume change after immersion in testing fuel
    • Hydrolysis resistance
    • Flame resistance
    • Cohesion
    • Adhesion and cohesion due to discontinuous elongation
    • Elastic recovery
    • Adhesion and cohesion properties at continuous elongation after immersion in solutions of chemical compounds
  • Oxidized bitumens
    • Softening point (ring and ball)
    • Needle penetration at 25 °C
    • Solubility in xylene
    • Loss due to heating
    • Flash point
    • Oil separation ability
    • Density
    • Dynamic viscosity

TESTING OF PETROLEUM SUBSTANCES AND FUELS

  • Petroleum substances
    • distillation test
    • benzene content
    • aromate content
    • density
    • flash point
    • viscosity
    • ash content
    • mechanical impurities content
    • water content
    • dye content
    • marker content
  • Fuels
    • biodegradation evaluation
    • ester content
    • density
    • flash point
    • viscosity
    • ash content
    • mechanical impurities content
    • water content
    • acidity number
    • iodine number
    • linoleum acid methyl ester
    • methanol content
    • mono-, di-, triglyceride content
    • total glycerine
    • Na, K, Ca, Mg, P content

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Ing. Jiri Ruzicka

Ing. Radim Mikac


Post address:
Institute for Testing and Certification, Inc.
Areál Svit, budova 113, Malotova 5264
760 01 Zlín,  Czech Republic

The person responsible for accuracy of data: Ing. Jiri Ruzicka