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Investigation of flow properties of asphalt binders containing polymer modifiers
Author(s) -
Nien YuHsun,
Yeh PeiHung,
Chen WeiChyum,
Liu WenTsung,
Chen JeanHong
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
polymer composites
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.577
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1548-0569
pISSN - 0272-8397
DOI - 10.1002/pc.20404
Subject(s) - materials science , dynamic shear rheometer , differential scanning calorimetry , composite material , crystallinity , asphalt , rheology , polypropylene , scanning electron microscope , tacticity , amorphous solid , rheometer , polymer , polymerization , thermodynamics , organic chemistry , chemistry , physics
Modified asphalts using polymeric additives, including isotactic polypropylene (iPP) and different degrees of chlorinated polypropylene (CPP), have been prepared and examined using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), rotational viscometer, and dynamic shear rheometer (DSR) in this study. The results of DSC studies show that different levels of the crystallization occur in asphalt/iPP blends because most of the crystallinity of iPP remain intact in the blend, while those asphalt samples having CPP tend to affect the thermal behavior in the DSC thermograms because of increasing the amorphous region of CPP. From the images of SEM, the distinctions of the phase distributions between the asphalt/iPP and asphalt/CPP blends illustrate that the chlorine content in CPP is a significant factor in controlling its compatibility with asphalt. The rheological studies show that the asphalt blends containing CPP (26 wt% of Cl) exhibit higher viscosity in terms of higher temperature to get Newtonian behavior and display superior rutting resistance to avoid permanent deformation at high temperature. POLYM. COMPOS., 2008. © 2008 Society of Plastics Engineers