On the existence of wax-induced phase separation in bitumen

International Journal of Pavement Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 555-563

  Schmets, Alexander ^a   Kringos, Niki ^a   Pauli, T ^b   Redelius, Per ^c   Scarpas, Tom ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b WRI TT 365   (United States)

^c NYNAS AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

atomic force microscopy; bitumen; phase separation; quasi elastic neutron scattering; small angle neutron scattering; wax

Indexed keywords

ASPHALT MIXTURE; BITUMEN; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; HARDENING EFFECTS; NEUTRON SCATTERING TECHNIQUES; PROPAGATION OF CRACKS; QUASI ELASTIC NEUTRON SCATTERING; RESEARCH EFFORTS; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SMALL-ANGLE NEUTRON SCATTERING; WAX CONTENT;

ASPHALT; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ATOMS; NEUTRON SCATTERING; NEUTRONS;

PHASE SEPARATION;

EID: 78149243133     PISSN: 10298436     EISSN: 1477268X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10298436.2010.488730     Document Type: Article

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