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The development of polyurethane modified bitumen emulsions for cold mix applications

Journal

MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES
Volume 48, Issue 10, Pages 3407-3414

Publisher

SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1617/s11527-014-0408-2

Keywords

Bitumen; Emulsion; Foam; Isocyanate; Polyurethane; Product design

Funding

  1. MEC-FEDER Programme [MAT2007-61460]
  2. Junta de Andalucia Programme [TEP6689]
  3. Ministerio de Educacion [AP2008-01419]

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Bitumen emulsions stand for an alternative paving practice to the traditional hot-mix asphalts. In addition, modified bitumen emulsions show a better performance than unmodified ones. This work studies the feasibility of obtaining polyurethane modified bitumen emulsions, in which an isocyanate-functionalized polyol constitutes the bitumen modifier (in varying concentration from 1 to 4 wt%). Storage stability and high in-service performance are evaluated by means of evolution of droplet size distribution (DSD) and rheology tests, respectively. Regarding the emulsion stability, the key factor seems to be the bitumen modifier concentration used to prepare the modified emulsions. Thus, for a selected 50 wt% bitumen fraction, there is a limit concentration (between 1 and 2 wt%) above which the emulsion becomes unstable under storage. Hence, this result limits the modifier content that can be used in the emulsion and the final level of modification achieved if compared to the original non-modified emulsion. On the other hand, the rheological characterization conducted on the emulsion residues at 60 A degrees C has shown an improved resistance to deformation. In terms of applicability, polyurethane modified bitumens allows for the obtaining of modified emulsions which can be prepared at much lower temperatures than those derived from other polymers.

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