Designation:D2397/D2397M−13StandardSpecificationforCationicEmulsifiedAsphalt1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD2397/D2397M;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.ThisstandardhasbeenapprovedforusebyagenciesoftheU.S.DepartmentofDefense.1.Scope1.1Thisspecificationcoverssevengradesofcationicemul-sifiedasphaltforuseinpavementconstructioninthemannerdesignated.1.2ThevaluesstatedineitherSIunitsorinch-poundunitsaretoberegardedseparatelyasstandard.Thevaluesstatedineachsystemmaynotbeexactequivalents;therefore,eachsystemshallbeusedindependentlyoftheother.Combiningvaluesfromthetwosystemsmayresultinnon-conformancewiththestandard.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2D5TestMethodforPenetrationofBituminousMaterialsD113TestMethodforDuctilityofBituminousMaterialsD140PracticeforSamplingBituminousMaterialsD244TestMethodsandPracticesforEmulsifiedAsphaltsD2042TestMethodforSolubilityofAsphaltMaterialsinTrichloroethyleneD3910PracticesforDesign,Testing,andConstructionofSlurrySealD6930TestMethodforSettlementandStorageStabilityofEmulsifiedAsphaltsD6933TestMethodforOversizedParticlesinEmulsifiedAsphalts(SieveTest)D6935TestMethodforDeterminingCementMixingofEmulsifiedAsphaltD6936TestMethodforDeterminingDemulsibilityofEmul-sifiedAsphaltD6997TestMethodforDistillationofEmulsifiedAsphaltD7226TestMethodforDeterminingtheViscosityofEmul-sifiedAsphaltsUsingaRotationalPaddleViscometerD7402PracticeforIdentifyingCationicEmulsifiedAsphaltsD7496TestMethodforViscosityofEmulsifiedAsphaltbySayboltFurolViscometerD7553TestMethodforSolubilityofAsphaltMaterialsinN-PropylBromide3.Requirements3.1Theemulsifiedasphaltshallbetestedwithin14daysofdelivery.Theemulsifiedasphaltshallbehomogeneousafterthoroughmixingprovidedseparationhasnotbeencausedbyfreezing.Emulsionsseparatedbyfreezingshallnotb...