Lesson 1/Learning Event 3
Tar-Rubber Blend
The Corps of Engineers has become interested in the use of tar-rubber blends as a binding agent
for flexible pavements that will be resistant to the detrimental effects of jet fuel spillage and jet
blast. The blend consists of a mixture of unvulcanized rubber, a type that is resistant to
petroleum oils or distillates, and high temperature coal tar of the coke oven type.
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