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... than do hot applied asphalt cements (300°F to 350°F) , they are more suitable for chip seal work later in the season when average nighttime temperatures start to decline.
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... . Beliefs that chip seal design is simply a "recipe" prevail to this day.
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... Because the variability and uncertainties that affect the chip seals are independent of the design parameters, proponents of chip seal as an art argue that a formal design procedure is futile. One of the major difficulties involved in the design of material application rates is nonuniformity of the existing pavement surface.
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