A Laboratory Investigation of Mineralogical, Chemical and Physical Properties of Limestone Aggregates

Authors

James L. Young Jr., Kentucky Highway Materials Research Laboratory
James H. Havens, Kentucky Highway Materials Research Laboratory
L. E. Gregg, Kentucky Highway Materials Research Laboratory

Abstract

The project described in this report represents one phase of comprehensive research with all types of aggregates for highway paving mixtures in Kentucky. It was designed to show the fundamental properties of limestones which determine their suitability for this type of use -- particularly their so-called durability. For this reason, emphasis was placed on analysis of the intrinsic properties of the aggregates themselves rather than analysis of procedures or test methods, such as freezing and thawing.

Report Date

12-1948

Report Number

No. 40

Digital Object Identifier

http://dx.doi.org/10.13023/KTC.RR.1948.40

Notes

Prepared for presentation at the 28th Annual Meeting of The Highway Research Board, Washington, D.C.: Session No. 8 (December 8, 1948).

Repository Citation

Young, James L. Jr.; Havens, James H.; and Gregg, L. E., "A Laboratory Investigation of Mineralogical, Chemical and Physical Properties of Limestone Aggregates" (1948). Kentucky Transportation Center Research Report. 1307.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/ktc_researchreports/1307