Adhesion of Bituminous Crack Sealants to Aggregates Using Surface Energy Theory
Publication: Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 32, Issue 10
Abstract
In the system formed by bituminous crack sealant and the crack wall, the contact area of aggregate and sealant is maximum, and types and properties of aggregate have an obvious influence on the adhesion of the sealant. To quantitatively evaluate the adhesion of sealant to aggregate, based on the surface energy theory, the surface energy and its components of sealant and aggregate were determined and calculated using the sessile drop method. Then, the adhesion work of different types of sealants and aggregates was calculated. The correlation of adhesion work was verified by the improved boiling method test and scanning electron microscope (SEM) test. Results show that surface energy of the aggregate is obviously higher than that of the sealant. The relationship of surface energy of raw materials is A (type JG-10; Beijing Jiageweiye Company) > Sealant C (type II; American Crafco Company) > Sealant B (type JSD; JSD Corporation of Japan). The relationship of adhesion work of different sealants with the same aggregate is Sealant A > Sealant C > Sealant B, indicating that the adhesion of Sealant A to aggregate is better than that of Sealant B and Sealant C. Results of the improved boiling method test show that the coefficient of linear correlation between the mass loss rate of sealant and the adhesion work is as high as 0.9308, indicating that there is a good linear relationship between them. The SEM results show that the adhesion work is consistent with the actual adhesion state of the interface, which shows that the adhesion work index can be used to characterize the adhesion of sealant to aggregate.
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Data Availability Statement
The testing data of bituminous crack sealants that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
Acknowledgments
The authors express their sincere gratitude to the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51878078, 5181102194), Excellent Youth Foundation of Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province (2018JJ1026), Key Project of Education Department of Hunan Province (17A008, 17C0049), Key Project of Open Research Fund of Key Laboratory of Special Environment Road Engineering of Hunan Province (kfj150501), and Key Project of Open Research Fund of National Engineering Laboratory of Highway Maintenance Technology (kfj150103).
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Received: Dec 17, 2019
Accepted: Apr 15, 2020
Published online: Jul 30, 2020
Published in print: Oct 1, 2020
Discussion open until: Dec 30, 2020
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