Study of phase behaviour of epoxy asphalt binders with differential scanning calorimetry [PPT]
Panos Apostolidis (TU Delft - Pavement Engineering)
Adrian Andriescu (SES Group & Associates, LLC at Federal Highway Administration)
Michael Elwardany (Engineering & Software Consultants, LLC at Federal Highway Administration)
David Mensching (Federal Highway Administration)
Jack Youtcheff (Federal Highway Administration)
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Abstract
The glass transition parameters are used to study the miscibility, or lack of it, in polymer modified asphalt binders. In this study, a quantitative assessment of the contribution of thermodynamics of mixing to glass transition was conducted in a differential scanning calorimetry for four asphalt binders modified with an elastomeric epoxy system. Especially, the values of heat capacity (Cp) and subsequently the glass transition temperature (Tg) of all binders were determined to quantify the miscibility based on the entropic changes. Emphasis was also given on examining the enthalpy of mixing as a function of the composition of epoxy asphalt binders during curing to ensure that these binders were completely crosslinked for further analyses. In all cases, the positive deviations of Tg,mix obtained from the ideal mixing rule, or π₯ππ,πππ₯, led to negative values of the entropy of mixing (π₯ππππ₯π), dictating the presence of internal repulsive forces between the asphalt and epoxy components. The soft in properties and sol type base binders are also associated with epoxy asphalt binders of low π₯ππ,πππ₯ values. Overall, the incorporation of the epoxy system in asphalt binders increases the Tg and decreases the amount of π₯ππππ₯π, and such performance imposes the formation of phase-separated binders.