Asphalts and bitumens

Bitumens Modified with Recycled Polymers

Increasing traffic loading and volumes on roads has led to the use of polymer modified binders to improve the performance of bitumen in terms of additional strength, durability and increased resistance to rutting and fatigue cracking. Generally those modifiers currently in use are virgin polymers but the research investigate the possibility of using waste polymers instead. The aim was to find a...

Occurrence, Properties, and Uses of Some Natural Bitumens

Bitumens and bitumen emissions, and some heterocyclic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.

1190 www.thelancet.com/oncology Vol 12 December 2011 In October, 2011, 16 experts from nine countries met at the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) in Lyon, France, to reassess the carcinogenicity of bitumens and their emissions, and of some N-heterocyclic and S-heterocyclic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). These assessments will be published as Volume 103 of the IARC Mo...

Evaluation of Recycled Asphalts by Shrp Binder Specification

Recycled asphalts were evaluated based on SHRP binder specification. DSR (Dynamic Shear Rheometer) and BBR (Bending Beam Rheometer) tests were carried out on samples of the recycled asphalts under three conditions: original binder, RTFOT (Rolling Thin Film Oven Test) residue and RTFOT+PAV (Pressurized Aging Vessel) residue. PG (Performance-Graded) classification was conducted. New straight asph...

Bone Glue Modified Asphalt: A Step towards Energy Conservation and Environment Friendly Modified Asphalts

Asphalt has been modified for the past several decades using various additives, including synthetic polymers. Polymer modification improves structural and engineering characteristics of the binder, which is a result of improvement in rheological characteristics of binder as well as its adhesion capability with the aggregate. Such enhancement inevitably enhances the performance characteristics o...