Aging of asphaltic binders investigated with atomic force microscopy

作者:Rebelo L M; de Sousa J S*; Abreu A S; Baroni M P M A; Alencar A E V; Soares S A; Mendes Filho J; Soares J B
来源:Fuel, 2014, 117: 15-25.
DOI:10.1016/j.fuel.2013.09.018

摘要

We investigated the short and long term aging of asphalt cement (AC) with different AFM techniques (topography, phase and friction imaging and nano-indentation experiments). The aging process induces a growth and nucleation of the asphaltene micelles with a concomitant reduction of the maltene phase, whereas the short term aging induces the formation of fractal-like micellar structures. The friction investigation shows that the aging processes reduce the binder friction coefficient by 50%, and this reduction occur predominantly during the short term aging, while the growth of the micelles occur predominantly during the long term aging. The micro-indentation experiments revealed that the aging processes cause a stiffening of the AC film (half-order of magnitude for short term aging, and one order of magnitude for long term aging). The aging process also increased the apparent viscosity of the AC films by half-order of magnitude.

  • 出版日期2014-1