Furfural modified asphalt obtained by using a Lewis acid as a catalyst
Journal Article
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· Preprints of Papers, American Chemical Society, Division of Fuel Chemistry
OSTI ID:430335
- FHWA/EBA Engineering Inc., McLean, VA (United States)
- FHWA, McLean, VA (United States)
Asphalt is solid or semi-solid at room temperature, becomes soft and starts flowing upon heating, and becomes hard and brittle at very low temperatures. States have been facing problems such as cracking, rutting, and asphalt adhesion to aggregates in their asphaltic pavements for years. Many polymer additives have been used in asphalt to reduce these problems, but little work has been done using chemically modified products of asphalt to attempt to solve these serious problems of asphalt pavements. The above mentioned problems decrease the life of the pavements, resulting in an increase of maintenance and/or replacement costs. There are two types of cracking which can occur in asphalt pavement; one related to load, and the other related to thermal stress. The load-related cracking is known as fatigue cracking and is defined as fracture under repeated or cyclic stress having a maximum value of less than the tensile strength of the material. The thermal cracking occurs due to pavement shrinkage at low temperature causing the shrinkage stresses to exceed the tensile strength. FHWA researchers have found furfural to be a suitable candidate for functional group modification of asphalt. The modified product shows improved performance as well as improved rheological properties.
- OSTI ID:
- 430335
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-960807--
- Journal Information:
- Preprints of Papers, American Chemical Society, Division of Fuel Chemistry, Journal Name: Preprints of Papers, American Chemical Society, Division of Fuel Chemistry Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 41; ISSN 0569-3772; ISSN ACFPAI
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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