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Qing Zhang1,2,3,4, Dehua Hou1,2, Zhongyu Li1,2
1Henan Key Laboratory of High-Grade Highway Detection and Maintenance Technology, Xinxiang 453003, China.
Abstract:
To evaluate the thermal stability of composite polymer-modified asphalt, thermoplastic elastomer styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR)/polypropylene (PP) pellets were prepared using a hot-melt blending technique, with butyl rubber powder and waste polypropylene pellets as raw materials. The effects of different evaluation indexes on the thermal stability of SBR/PP-modified asphalt were investigated using a frequency scan test and a multi-stress creep recovery (MSCR) test, and the compatibility of SBR/PP particles with asphalt was studied using the Cole-Cole diagram and microstructure images. The tests show that, firstly, the performance grade (PG) classification of asphalt can be improved by adding an SBR/PP thermoplastic elastomer to enhance the adaptability of asphalt in high- and low-temperature environments, and the evaluation separation index can reflect the high-temperature storage stability of composite-modified asphalt more reasonably. Additionally, the larger the rubber-to-plastic ratio the worse the high-temperature thermal stability of composite-modified asphalt. Moreover, the addition of additives to the composite particles can promote the SBR/PP particles in the asphalt to be more uniformly dispersed, forming a more desirable microstructure and improving the thermal stability of composite-modified asphalt. Ultimately, the semicircular curve of the Cole-Cole diagram can reflect the compatibility characteristics of the two-phase structure of SBR/PP-modified asphalt, which can be used as an auxiliary index to evaluate the compatibility of polymer-modified asphalt.
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