So what is DD Form 1793? The short answer: a Defense Department document, officially DD Form 1793, Determination of Asphalt Content, February 1971., used to Determination of Asphalt Content. Anything else you need follows from that.
Will you need a different form because of where you serve? No. DD forms are Department-wide instruments, and that scope is what separates them from service publications. One edition, all branches, defense agencies included.
Who is behind it? not stated maintains the form, and not stated is the publication that requires it. Those two names answer most questions about why you are being asked to submit anything at all.
Which edition should you have? not stated, listed as not stated. A copy dated otherwise is a copy worth replacing.
What the form asks for
- Project.
- Date.
- 1. Weight of original sample and tare (grams), column 2.
- 2. Weight of tare (grams), column 2.
- 3. Weight of original sample (line 1 minus line 2) (grams), column 1.
- 3. Weight of original sample (line 1 minus line 2) (grams), column 2.
- 4. Weight of clean aggregate and tare (grams), column 1.
- 4. Weight of clean aggregate and tare (grams), column 2.
- 2. Weight of tare (grams), column 1.
- 5. Weight of tare (grams), column 2.
- 5. Weight of tare (grams), column 1.
- 6. Weight of clean aggregate (line 4 minus line 5) (grams), column 1.
- 6. Weight of clean aggregate (line 4 minus line 5) (grams), column 2.
- 1. Weight of original sample and tare (grams), column 1.
- 7. Final weight of filter paper (grams), column 2.
- 8. Initial weight of filter paper (grams), column 1.
- 8. Initial weight of filter paper (grams), column 2.
- 7. Final weight of filter paper (grams), column 1.
- 9. Weight of filler in filter paper (grams), column 2.
- 10. Total amount of solvent (cubic centimeters), column 2.
- 10. Total amount of solvent (cubic centimeters), column 1.
- 11. Amount of solvent evaporated and ignited (cubic centimeters), column 1.
- 11. Amount of solvent evaporated and ignited (cubic centimeters), column 2.
- 9. Weight of filler in filter paper (grams), column 1.
Download the form
Which files are here? These: PDF. How much work is involved? 1 pages, about 41 entry fields.
Fillable or printable — which do you have? Click inside a box. If it accepts a cursor and typed text, the file is fillable and your entries save with it. If nothing happens, the pdf is flat, and the only way forward is printing it and writing on paper.
Is handwriting acceptable? Yes, but it is the weaker choice. Scanning flattens pen strokes and reproduction blurs them, while typed characters survive the whole chain intact. Print in capitals if you are working from a paper blank.
Is xfdl worth downloading? Only if you have the viewer. The format comes from IBM Lotus Forms, which carried Defense form distribution for a long stretch, and no ordinary pdf application will read it.
Do you pay for these? No. Free download, every format. What should you avoid? Filling the form inside a browser tab; the fields frequently do not save.
In what order do you complete it? The printed order, top to bottom. Header data comes before the body, and the body before the signature block. The sequence is not decorative — later entries are keyed to earlier ones.
What is the first thing to check? The edition date on the face of the form. Does it read not stated? If not, the copy is superseded, and a superseded DD form is a real problem: Department-level revisions replace the blank for every service at once, so an old file on a shared drive is stale everywhere, not just in your office.
Is the form its own instruction manual? Partly. The rest sits in not stated, which is also the authority where the two texts conflict.
What happens after you finish? It routes to the office specified in not stated or in local guidance. And your own record? Save a duplicate first; nobody regrets having one.
What if DD Form 1793 points to another form? Search the series and number. Because the DD sequence is common to every military department, no branch qualifier is needed to land on the right file.
Do DA and DD numbers ever correspond? Never. DA numbering is Army-specific, administered by an Army proponent, while DD numbering is Department-wide under not stated or an equivalent Department office. Identical digits in the two systems mean two unrelated documents, which is why the prefix matters more than the number.
Should you archive this file and reuse it next year? Better not. Forms are revised as directives are reissued, as data requirements shift and as statutory notice text is updated, and none of that reaches you directly. Download fresh, check the edition date.
What does this page actually provide? The blank form and a description of it. What does it not provide? Legal guidance, procedural rulings, or any assurance about a particular filing. Who answers those? not stated, the administrative office that serves you, or the authority identified in not stated.
Questions and answers
- What is DD Form 1793?
- DD Form 1793, Determination of Asphalt Content, February 1971.
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?