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A study of the glass transition temperature of asphalts and their viscosity

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The glass transition temperatures (T g ) of asphalt samples of different origins and penetration grades were determined by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC-2). TheT g values of samples originating from two sources decreased with increasing penetration whereas those of samples from a third source were identical at all values of penetration. Substituting theseT g data and values of the universal as well as the optimized constantsC 1 andC 2 in the Williams-Landel-Ferry equation, viscosities were calculated for each of the samples and compared with the corresponding experimental results. The universal values forC 1 andC 2 yielded viscosities which were far removed from the experimental data while the optimized values produced much better results.

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Die GlasübergangstemperaturenT g von Asphaltproben verschiedener Herkunft und Penetrationsgrade wurden mit einem Differentialkalorimeter (DSC-2) bestimmt. DieT g -Werte von Proben aus zwei Quellen nahmen mit wachsendem Penetrationsgrad ab, wohingegen diese bei Proben aus einer dritten Quelle bei allen Penetrationsgraden gleich blieben. Durch Einsetzen dieserT g -Daten in die Williams-Landel-Ferry-Gleichung wurden sowohl unter Verwendung von universellen als auch von optimierten Werten der KonstantenC 1 undC 2 die Viskositäten der verschiedenen Proben berechnet und mit den experimentell gefundenen Daten verglichen. Die universellen Werte ergaben Viskositäten, die große Unterschiede zu den gemessenen aufwiesen, während man bei Verwendung der optimierten Werte eine weitaus bessere Übereinstimmung erhielt.

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    Trung Dong Khong, Shadi Lal Malhotra & Louis-Philippe Blanchard

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Khong, T.D., Malhotra, S.L. & Blanchard, LP. A study of the glass transition temperature of asphalts and their viscosity. Rheol Acta 17, 654–662 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01522038

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