Asphalt binder is a widely used engineering material. It essentially nanomaterial with colloidal particles suspended in an oily medium. As asphalt ages, the are subject to fundamental physicochemical changes such as agglomeration, which translated into dramatic property of binder. In practices, organic rejuvenators often added aged binder, hope breaking down nanoparticles and restoring its orig...

A new material system that can produce very high green strength and green density has been developed for conventional compaction processing. The system, which uses a zincless lubricant, is based on the optimization of the bonding mechanism and binder chemistry. This approach permits the bonding of copper particles in a FC-0208 mix. Examples of the binder-treatment of FN-0208, Ancorstee145P, and...

This study investigated the effect of high asphalt binder replacement for a low N-design asphalt mixture including RAP and RAS on performance indicators such as permanent deformation, fracture, fatigue potentials, and stiffness, was studied. An experimental program included complex modulus, fracture, overlay reflective cracking resistance, wheel track permanent deformations, and push-pull fatig...

Resin transfer molding of an inorganic polymer binder was successfully demonstrated in the preparation of ceramic fiber reinforced engine exhaust valves. Unfortunately, in the preliminary processing trials, the resulting composite valves were too brittle for in-engine evaluation. To address this limited toughness, the effectiveness of a modified fiber-matrix interface is investigated through th...

Roadways are considered one of the most important elements of infrastructure and they play an essential role in our daily lives. In road pavement construction, the use of crumb rubber in the modification of bitumen binder is considered as a smart solution for sustainable development by reusing waste materials. It is believed that crumb rubber modifier (CRM) could be one of the alternative polym...

This technical tip describes the use of a novel binder system based upon sulfopolyester chemistry which eliminates the deficiencies of current binder systems for joinery applications providing enhanced characteristics. Eastek polymer dispersions Eastek polymer dispersions are aqueous dispersions of sulfopolyester polymers based upon monomer building blocks, acids, and 5-(sodiosulpho) isophthali...

The inorganic compounds, lithium polysilicate (Li 2 Si 5 O 11 ), sodium polyphosphate ((NaPO 3 ) n and phosphate monobasic (H LiPO 4 were investigated as the sole binders in Si-alloy graphite electrodes for Li cells. Surprisingly, coating quality cycling performance of anodes with these is similar to those using state art polyacrylate (LiPAA) organic binder. Graphite show good despite having po...

A multilayer ceramic actuator composed of piezoelectrically active Pb(Zn1/3Nb2/3)0.2–Pb(Zr0.5Ti0.5)O0.8 (PZN–PZT) layers and electrically conducting PZN–PZT/Ag layers was fabricated by the co-extrusion process. For the piezoelectric layers, PZN–PZT, which is sinterable at a low temperature (9001C), was used. For the conducting layers, a PZN–PZT/Ag composite, made by mixing silver particles with...

Nanoclays are new generation of processed clays of interest in a wide range of high performance composites. In other words, nanoclay is defined as a clay that can be modified to make the clay complexes compatible with organic monomers and polymers. Here, it can be said that the polymeric nanocomposites are among the most exciting and promising classes of materials discovered recently. A number ...