Low-temperature properties of styrene-butadiene-styrene polymer modified bitumens

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 405-414

  Lu, Xiaohu ^a   Isacsson, Ulf ^a   Ekblad, Jonas ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Highway materials; Low temperature properties; Polymer modified bitumens

Indexed keywords

BUTADIENE; HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MODIFICATION; POLYMERS; STYRENE; THERMAL EFFECTS;

LOW TEMPERATURE EFFECTS;

BITUMINOUS MATERIALS;

EID: 0032309887     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0950-0618(98)00032-4     Document Type: Article

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