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Aggregate adsorption of asphalt functionalities and oxidized asphalt

Conference · · American Chemical Society, Division of Petroleum Chemistry, Preprints; (USA)
OSTI ID:5338768

The adsorption of asphalt functionalities and asphalt oxidized to different degrees on real and model aggregates has been investigated. The functionalities used were a nitrogen base, phenolic, carboxylic acid, ester, ketone, sulfoxide, and aromatic. Adsorption isotherms of these functionalities on porous silica showed different affinity rankings dependent upon concentration. The competitive affinity ranking of the asphalt functionalities on dried silica was obtained as phenylsulfoxide > quinoline > phenol > benzoic acid > benzophenone > benzylbenzoate > pyrene. The sensitivity to surface moisture of the four most strongly adsorbed compounds was: quinoline > benzoic acid > phenol > phenylsufoxide. Asphalts oxidized to different degrees were adsorbed on different aggregates. On silica and alumina, the oxidized asphalts with viscosities of 32,000 and 126,000 poise adsorbed less than AC-20. On limestone and sandstone, the adsorption of Ac-20 and oxidized asphalts was concentration dependent; asphaltene adsorption followed the same trends. These adsorptions followed the Langmuir isotherm with monolayer coverage decreasing with increased oxidation.

OSTI ID:
5338768
Report Number(s):
CONF-8806305--
Journal Information:
American Chemical Society, Division of Petroleum Chemistry, Preprints; (USA), Journal Name: American Chemical Society, Division of Petroleum Chemistry, Preprints; (USA) Vol. 33:2; ISSN 0569-3799; ISSN ACPCA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English