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4665154 
Journal Article 
Kinetic parameters of different asphalt binders by thermal analysis 
Mothe, MG; Leite, LFM; Mothe, CG 
2011 
1 
Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry
ISSN: 1388-6150
EISSN: 1588-2926 
SPRINGER 
DORDRECHT 
106 
3 
679-684 
WOS:000297371200007 
Each year, 100 millions tons of asphalt are manufactured worldwide and 88% of them are designated to act as binder in mineral aggregate producing asphalt mixtures in the paving industry. The present study investigates the kinetics parameters of thermal degradation through thermal analysis behavior of three different asphalt binders' samples: an asphalt cement C and two asphalt binders modified by polymers: copolymer styrene-butadiene-styrene S and polyphosphoric acid L. By Thermokinetics software a model-free kinetic analysis could be made using two models: Friedman and Ozawa-Flynn-Wall. Kinetic parameters following both models, through Thermogravimetric curves, showed that for the first step, the binder L presented the highest activation energy followed by binder S. Between all simulations, the FnF1 model was the one which best correspond to the experimental data for all samples. 
Asphalt binder; Thermal analysis; Kinetic; Thermokinetics software