Modification of road bitumens with thermoplastic polymers

Polymer Testing

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 77-86

  Lu, Xiaohu ^a   Isacsson, Ulf ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ageing; Modified bitumens; Morphology; Rheology; Thermoplastic polymers

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; BINDERS; CREEP TESTING; FLUORESCENCE; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; MORPHOLOGY; OXIDATION; RHEOLOGY;

BITUMENS; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS;

THERMOPLASTICS;

EID: 0343026371     PISSN: 01429418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-9418(00)00004-0     Document Type: Article

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