MORPHOLOGY AND ROLE OF ASPHALTENE IN ROAD BITUMEN

MORPHOLOGIE ET ROLE DES ASPHALTENES DANS LES BITUMES ROUTIERS

THE AUTHOR USES THE RESULTS OF ASPHALTENE MORPHOLOGY STUDIES CONDUCTED BY MEANS OF ELECTRON MICROSCOPY AND THE ANALYSIS OF FLOW CURVES FOR BITUMEN OF THE SOIL AND GEL TYPE AND FOR SYNTHETIC BITUMEN IN WHICH THE STRUCTURE REMAINS THE SAME WITH MALTENES. THESE RESULTS SHOW THAT IT IS THE VARIATION IN CHEMICAL COMPOSITION AT THE LEVEL OF SATURATED AND RESIN MOLECULAR FAMILIES, WHICH MAKES THE SOIL-TYPE SYSTEM CHANGE TO GEL-TYPE SYSTEM, WHILE BOTH TYPES CAN BE OBTAINED FOR VARYING ASPHALTENE CONTENTS. FOR THE COVERING ABSTRACT OF THE WHOLE NUMBER, SEE IRRD ABSTRACT NO 107043.

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  • Accession Number: 01293668
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: Institut Francais des Sciences et Technologies des Transports, de l'Aménagement et des Réseaux (IFSTTAR)
  • Files: ITRD
  • Created Date: Nov 21 2010 4:14AM