Table 3.

Details of laboratory tests.

Performance Property	Tests	Aging Level	Specification/Standard	Notes
General property	Penetration	unaged	ASTM D5	N/A
	Softening point		ASTM D36	N/A
Workability	Rotational viscosity	unaged	AASHTO T316	135 °C & 160 °C
Rutting resistance	Rutting factor (G*/sin δ)	unaged	AASHTO M320	2 mm gap; 25 mm plate; beginning at 64 °C
	MSCR	RTFO aged	AASHTO MP19-10	2 mm gap; 25 mm plate; 64 °C
Fatigue resistance	Fatigue factor (G*sin δ)	RTFO + PAV aged	AASHTO M320	2 mm gap; 8 mm plate; beginning at 25 °C
	LAS		AASHTO TP101	2 mm gap; 8 mm plate; 25 °C
Storage stability	Softening point	unaged	ASTM D36	N/A
	Complex shear modulus		AASHTO M320	25 mm plate; 25 °C, 64 °C, 70 °C and 82 °C
Low temperature cracking resistance	BBR	RTFO + PAV aged	AASHTO T313	−12 °C, −18 °C, −24 °C
Internal layer distance of nanoclay	XRD	unaged	N/A	N/A