Study on Composition and Structure of Liaoshu Asphalt

Abstract

In this article, the structure characteristics of Liaoshu paving asphalts have been studied by the methods of element analysis, SARA and E-D-M. At same time, the relation between composition and structure and using performance of Liaoshu paving asphalt were established. The experimental results show that carbon and hydrogen contents were more than 95%, the hydrogen/carbon atom ratio was about 1.5 in the Liaoshu paving asphalts. The content of saturates is between 20 and 25% in the Liaoshu paving asphalt, aromatics 35–40%, resin 25–30%, and asphaltene 8–10%. There are 45 carbon atoms in asphalt average molecule, which contain 16–17 aromatic carbon atoms. The number of total ring in asphalt average molecule is 5–6, the aromatic ring is 3–4, the naphthene ring is 1–2.

Keywords:

• Paving asphalts
• Element analysis
• Group composition analysis
• Structure group composition