Effect of Cement and Bitumen Emulsion on the Drying and Film Formation of Bitumen Emulsion Paste
Publication: Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 35, Issue 4
Abstract
To obtain a bitumen emulsion paste with a good bitumen film structure and rapid drying rate, the effect of cement content, cement type, and emulsion type on the drying and film formation of bitumen emulsion paste was studied. The drying and film formation mechanism of emulsion was employed to study the drying curve of bitumen emulsion paste. Results indicate that the drying and film formation process of bitumen emulsion paste can be divided into three stages. The solid volume fraction of the beginning of the final stage () and the maximum particle volume fraction () are proposed to evaluate the drying and film formation quality of bitumen emulsion paste. Higher values of and indicate a denser particle packing state and lower residual water content of the final stage, which are beneficial to the drying and film formation quality of bitumen emulsion paste. The and of bitumen emulsion paste differ slightly with the increasing content of ordinary portland cement. However, these quantitative indexes vary significantly with changing bitumen emulsions with different values of and . Compared with ordinary portland cement, sulfoaluminate cement can lead to a noticeable decrease in and ; thus, its addition is harmful to the film structure of bitumen emulsion paste. Overall, to obtain a bitumen emulsion paste with a good bitumen film structure and rapid drying rate, a bitumen emulsion with good drying and film formation quality is recommended.
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Acknowledgments
The authors are thankful for the research funds from National Natural Science Foundation of China (52178417), the Natural Science Foundation of Liaoning Province (2020-MS-116), and the Science Technology Innovation Project from Department of Transportation of Hunan Province (202004).
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Received: Jan 20, 2022
Accepted: Aug 4, 2022
Published online: Jan 30, 2023
Published in print: Apr 1, 2023
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