Molecular weight distribution of asphaltic paving binders from phase-angle measurements
THEMELI ; CHAILLEUX ; FARCAS ; CHAZALLON ; MIGAULT
Type de document
ARTICLE A COMITE DE LECTURE REPERTORIE DANS BDI (ACL)
Langue
anglais
Auteur
THEMELI ; CHAILLEUX ; FARCAS ; CHAZALLON ; MIGAULT
Résumé / Abstract
Based on previous works on polymers and regular bitumens, a new method for determining the molecular weight distribution (MWD) of asphaltic paving binders, using the phase angle (´) of the complex modulus measured in the linear viscoelastic domain, has been developed in this paper. MWDs of pure petroleum bitumens, natural bitumens, modified bitumens and arti-ficially aged bitumens are calculated by this method and compared with MWDs obtained by gel permeation chromatography. The two methods give comparable results, but the ´-method developed here is more sensitive to the molecular weight of species. This method is very simple to implement, and seems a powerful tool in the determination of MWD of bitumens, in the visualisation and repartition of modifiers in the bitumen matrix and in the ageing monitoring and quantification.
Source
Road materials and pavement design, num. S1, pp. 228-244 p.
Editeur
TAYLOR AND FRANCIS LTD
