SPECIFIC GRAVITY (IS-1202 1978)

PENETRATION (IS-1203 - 1978)

SOFTENING POINT (IS-1205 - 1978)

DUCTILITY (IS-1208 1978)
The ratio of the mass of a given volume of the
substance to the mass of an equal volume of the
substance to the mass of an equal volume of water.
The penetration of a bituminous material is the
distance in tenths of a millimeter that a standard
needle will penetrate vertically into sample of the
material under standard conditions of temperature,
load and time.
The temperature at which the substance
attains a particular degree of softening
underspecified condition of test
The ductility of a bituminous material is measured by
the distance in centimeters to which it will elongate
before breaking when a briquette specimen of the
material of the form pulled apart at a specified speed
and at a specified temperature