hot mix
Heated paving compound
Hot mix is asphalt concrete produced at high temperatures, the standard material for paving roads and parking lots.
The heat keeps the mixture workable during transport and laying: The crew waited for the hot mix to arrive from the plant.
Distinguished from cold mix, which can be applied at ambient temperatures for smaller repairs.
- asphaltPetroleum-based paving material
- pavementHard road covering
- blacktopDark paving material
- tarmacPaved airport surface
- pavingLaying hard ground cover
road · road construction · tar · aggregate · bitumen · steam · steam rising · roller · heavy equipment · fresh · laying · smooth · sticky · warm · construction · crew · dump truck · spreading
- asphaltasphalt, bitumen, blacktop, tarmac, natural asphalt