FTIR and rheology analysis of aging on different ultraviolet absorber modified bitumens

•Three different UVAs were selected to modify the road bitumen.•The FTIR was applied to investigate the aging of UVA modified bitumens.•The aging of bitumen can be restrained by the three UVAs.•The tinuvin770 exhibits the most significant improvement on the aging of bitumen. Three different kinds of...

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Published in:Construction & building materials 2016-07, Vol.115, p.48-53
Main Authors: Feng, Zhen-gang, Wang, Shu-juan, Bian, Hui-juan, Guo, Qi-long, Li, Xin-jun
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aging
Analysis
Bitumen
Bituminous materials
Dielectric films
Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy
Materials
Properties
Rheology
Structural index
Thin films
Ultraviolet absorber
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Summary:•Three different UVAs were selected to modify the road bitumen.•The FTIR was applied to investigate the aging of UVA modified bitumens.•The aging of bitumen can be restrained by the three UVAs.•The tinuvin770 exhibits the most significant improvement on the aging of bitumen. Three different kinds of ultraviolet absorbers (UVAs), including octabenzone, bumetrizole and tinuvin770, were used to modify the road bitumen. The base and UVA modified bitumens were aged by the thin film oven test (TFOT), pressurized aging vessel (PAV) and ultraviolet (UV) aging. The Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy was applied to investigate the chemical structures of the UVA modified bitumens. Several structural indexes based on the FTIR results were defined to evaluate the aging extent of the binders. Finally, the rheological properties of the UVA modified bitumens were tested in order to confirm the validity of the FTIR analysis. Results show that the UVAs have little influence on the branched aliphatic structure of bitumen, but increase the aromatic structure of bitumen. The thermal- and photo-oxidative aging of the bitumen can be restrained by the three UVAs since the reactions of chain scission, polycondensation and oxidation of the bitumen are slowed down by the UVAs during aging. Among the three UVAs, the tinuvin770 exhibits the most significant improvement on the thermal- and photo-oxidative aging resistance of bitumen.
ISSN:0950-0618
1879-0526
DOI:10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2016.04.040