Effectiveness if mussel shells use as mineral filler in asphalt/ Adrianne G. Bautista, Emil Greg R. Elnar, Gio Jona, and Niño Ed B. Parohinog .--

Bachelor's thesis

College of Industrial Technology .-- Bachelor of Technology major in Civil Engineering Technology: Technological University of the Philippines, 2019.

Includes bibliographic references and index.

Mussel Shell as a mineral filler is a substitute for mineral filler in cold mix asphalt. Due
to that, the formulation of cold mix asphalt which is a different mixing procedure out of
mussel shell as mineral filler was the focus of this study. Various testing methods were
carried out to determine the effect of pulverized mussel shell as mineral filler in Cold
Mix Asphalt such as Bulk Specific Gravity (Gmb), Marshall Stability and Flow,
Maximum Theoretical Specific Gravity Incompact Mixture (Gmm), and Percent Air
Voids. Emulsified Asphalt (CSS1) used as a binder in this study where the primary
purpose is for tack coat in traffic roads. It has strong binding capacity mostly used as tack
coat for road construction. The findings revealed that the pulverized mussel shell
increases the strength of asphalt mix but decreases its flexibility referring to its flow
value. But based on the result taken, the amount of stability (N) of asphalt mixture with
pulverized mussel shell gives strength to asphalt mixture. Hence, this can use as mineral
filler in developing the asphalt mixture.