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Bitumen-in-water emulsions are often used for paving applications but some of them lack long-term stability. The relative importance of the cationic surfactant added to the aqueous phase to favor emulsification and the endogenous ones contained in bitumen is investigated by measuring the visco-elastic properties of three different bitumen-water interfaces as a function of time. We observe that the long-term emulsion stability correlates well with high values of the interfacial storage (G′) and loss (G″) moduli. Since these parameters become significantly weaker when an emulsamine cationic surfactant is added to water, we emphasize that the use of exogenous surfactants may be detrimental to long-term emulsion stability from interfacial behavior point of view.
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Jatav, S., Bouriat, P., Anaclet, P., Hung, Y., Rondelez, F., Dicharry, C. (2022). Roles of Exogenous Cationic and Endogenous Bitumen Surfactants in the Stability of Bitumen/Water Interfaces. In: Di Benedetto, H., Baaj, H., Chailleux, E., Tebaldi, G., Sauzéat, C., Mangiafico, S. (eds) Proceedings of the RILEM International Symposium on Bituminous Materials. ISBM 2020. RILEM Bookseries, vol 27. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-46455-4_207
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