Assessment on Physical and Rheological Properties of Aged SBS Modified Bitumen Containing Rejuvenating Systems of Isocyanate and Epoxy Substances

• Published in: Materials Vol. 12; no. 4; p. 618
• Main Authors: Li, Zhelun, Xu, Xiong, Yu, Jianying, Wu, Shaopeng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 19.02.2019; MDPI
• Subjects: Additives; Age; Aging; Carbonyl groups; Carbonyls; Catalytic cracking; Ductility; Highway construction; Isocyanates; Low speed; Modulus of elasticity; Oxidation; Physical properties; Polymers; rejuvenating systems; Rheological properties; Rheology; rutting factor; SBS-modified bitumen; Slurries; vibration noise consumption; Viscosity; viscous-elastic temperature; viscous-elastic temperature; physical properties; rutting factor; vibration noise consumption; rejuvenating systems; SBS-modified bitumen
• ISSN: 1996-1944; 1996-1944
• DOI: 10.3390/ma12040618

Styrene⁻butadiene copolymer (SBS)-modified bitumen (SMB) is widely applied in pavement construction. With yearly services, many SMB wastes urgently need to be reclaimed for repaving roads based on the objectives of environmental protection, landfill saving, as well as resource utilization. The present work is focused on the investigation of the physical and rheological properties of aged SMB incorporated with rejuvenating systems consisting of fluid catalytic cracking slurry (FCC slurry), C12⁻14 aliphatic glycidyl ether (AGE), diphenylmethane diisocyanate (MDI), and other additives. The rejuvenating systems containing the main components of 10% FCC slurry, 10%FCC/3%AGE, and 10%FCC/3%AGE/1% MDI were respectively recorded as R , R , and R . The results indicate that both R and R have obvious workability that make contributions for improving comprehensive physical properties while slightly reducing the softening point, which were also proven to be effective for the re-rejuvenation of re-aged binder. The higher viscous-elastic temperature caused by the agglomeration of binder molecules in aged SMB could be dropped to a lower value with rejuvenating systems, while improving the low-temperature crack resistance. With the use of the R and R rejuvenating systems, the high-temperature deformation resistance of aged SMB fell, approaching the performance of fresh SMB. Vibration noise consumption could be improved for aged SMB incorporated with R and R in the form of viscous loss, while the effects for re-aged SMB containing the same rejuvenating systems were weakened but still effective.