Microstructure and properties of desulfurized crumb rubber modified bitumen

Abstract

The microstructures of general crumb rubber (CR), dynamic desulfurized crumb rubber (DD-CR) and high speed agitation desulfurized crumb rubber (HSADCR) modified bitumens were investigated by a fluorescence microscope, and the physical properties of these three modified bitumens were studied. The results show that the dynamic desulfuration can improve the swelling capacity of crumb rubber in bitumen by destroying the sulfuratized bond of the crumb rubber, but the reunion of rubber particles during dynamic desulfuration also makes the swelling and the DDCR in bitumen difficult, so properties of the DDCR modified bitumen are not superior to the general crumb rubber modified bitumen. However, high speed agitation desulfuration can not only improve the swelling capacity of crumb rubber in bitumen, but also avoid the reunion of rubber particles, so some properties of bitumen can be improved by the modification of HSADCR.

Keywords

crumb rubber / desulfuration / modified bitumen

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