Laboratory investigation of the properties of asphalt and its mixtures modified with flame retardant.

From: Construction and Building Materials | Date: June 1, 2008| Author: Cong, Peiliang; Yu, Jianying; Wu, Shaopeng; Luo, Xiaofeng | Copyright information

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the properties of asphalt and its mixtures modified with Decarbomodiphenyl ether (EBPED), Antimony trioxide and zinc borate (ZB). Thermal analysis and Infrared spectroscopy (IR) were used to asses the effects of the flame retardants on physical and chemical properties of asphalt binders. The pavement performances of flame retardant modified asphalt mixture were estimated by Marshall stability, Marshall stability loss, fl...

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