Chapter 2 Asphalt and Asphalt Paving Materials
inert materials such as sand, gravel, crushed stone, slag, or rock dust. Properly selected and graded aggregates are mixed with the cement-ing medium asphalt to form pavements. Aggregates are the principal load-supporting components of an Asphalt Concrete pavement. They total 90 to 95 percent of the mixture by weight and 75 to 85 percent by volume.
