Long-lasting rainy night road markings -RI 1.7 refractive index glass beads
Due to the shortcomings of poor wear resistance of the aggregate rainy night beads, after road tests, the use of RI 1.7 refractive index glass beads (premixed + drop on) can achieve a high performance in continuous rainfall condition.
Temporary rainy night reflective line
Temporary rainy night markings——use AW element glass beads (ceramic glass beads)as the surface to achieve the initial dry, wet, continuous rain reflection function (this kind of glass beads can only be drop on the surface of the marking line, providing short-term continuous rainfall retro-reflective function).
Long-lasting rainy night markings use high refractive index glass beads as internal mixing and drop-on to achieve the initial and after a period of dry, wet, continuous rainfall reflective function for road markings. This kind of road marking line not only guarantees the retro-reflective data under dry, wet, and continuous rainfall in the initial state, but also guarantees the retro-reflective data under dry, wet, and continuous rainfall during the use period after 2 years).
The markings are there, and the retro-reflectivity is there.
Technical requirements for continuous rain night reflective road marking line.
Table 1: Technical requirements for thermoplastic rainy night continuous reflective road marking
Technical index |
Spec. |
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Total organic content (%) |
≥20 |
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Titanium dioxide content (%) |
≥10 |
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Brightness factor (white) |
≥0.8 |
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Softening point (℃) |
105~140 |
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Compressive strength (MPa) (at 23℃±1℃) |
≥20 |
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Total content of premixed glass beads in paint (%) |
≥30 |
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Rounding rate of premixed glass beads (%) |
≥90% |
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Particle size and content of premixed glass beads |
RI 1.5 E-HR optical glass beads |
1.0-2.0 mm |
≥15% |
RI 1.5 C-HR optical glass beads |
0.425-1.4 mm |
≥5% |
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RI 1.7 refractive index glass beads |
0.85-1.7 mm |
≥5% |
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RI 1.7 refractive index glass beads |
0.425-1.4 mm |
≥5% |
The particle size distribution is shown in Table 2, Table 3, and Table 4:
Table 2: 0.85-1.4 mm RI 1.7 refractive index glass beads particle size distribution.
RI 1.7 refractive index glass beads and D-HR glass beads particle size distribution (μm) |
Particle size distribution (μm) |
Content (%) |
S>1700 |
0 |
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1400<S≤1700 |
0-5 |
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1180<S≤1400 |
10-30 |
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1000<S≤1180 |
40-80 |
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850<S≤1000 |
5-40 |
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S≤850 |
0-50 |
Table 3: Particle size distribution of 0.425-1.18 mm RI 1.5 C-HR glass beads and RI 1.7 refractive index glass beads
RI 1.7 refractive index glass beads and C-HR optical glass beads particle size distribution |
Particle size distribution (μm) |
Content (%) |
S>1400 |
0 |
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1180<S≤1400 |
0-5 |
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850<S≤1180 |
5-20 |
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425<S≤850 |
65-95 |
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S≤425 |
0-5 |
Table 4: 1.0-2.0m RI1.5 E-HR optical glass bead particle size distribution
E-HR optical glass bead size distribution |
Particle size distribution (μm) |
Content (%) |
S>2000 |
0 |
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1700<S≤2000 |
0-5 |
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1400<S≤1700 |
5-20 |
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1180<S≤1400 |
65-95 |
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1000<S≤1180 |
5-40 |
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S≤1000 |
0-5 |
Table 5: The requirements retro-reflectivity of the thermoplastic type continuous retro-reflective line in rainy night during normal use (after 2 years)
Road marking condition |
(White) Minimum retro-reflective brightness coefficient requirement/mcd·m2·lx-1 |
Dry |
RL-drying≥200 |
humidity |
RL-humidity≥100 |
Continuous rainfall |
RL-continuous rainfall≥50 |
Table 6: Newly-designed thermoplastic type rain night continuous reflective road marking retro-reflectivity requirements
Road marking condition |
(White) Minimum retro-reflective brightness coefficient requirement/mcd·m-2·lx-1 |
Dry |
RL-drying≥550 |
humidity |
RL-humidity≥250 |
Continuous rainfall |
RL-continuous rainfall≥150 |
The thermoplastic type rainy night continuous reflective road marking line construction should adopt the glass bead double dispenser drop on process, the total amount of glass beads drop on the surface is≥500 g/㎡, the front is sprayed with 0.85-1.7 mm(RI 1.7)refractive index, and the following is sprayed with 0.425-1.4 mm(RI 1.7) and HR glass beads, RI 1.7 refractive index glass beads gradation and C-HR glass beads gradation are shown in Table 2 and Table 3.
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