Usage of or Nano-ZnO in Asphalt to Resist Aging by NMR Spectroscopy and Rheology Technology
Publication: Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 35, Issue 1
Abstract
Antiaging effects of two inorganic nanoparticles [4% nano-titanium oxide () and nano-zinc oxide (nano-ZnO)] on asphalt were investigated by liquid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, multiple stress creep recovery (MSCR) tests, and linear amplitude sweep (LAS) tests. The rheology test results showed that rutting and fatigue performance of asphalt binder increased with the addition of nano-oxides, and the addition of nano-ZnO showed improved rutting resistance and fatigue life compared with . NMR spectroscopy shows that the aromatic hydrogen ratios and branchiness index (BI) of asphalt decrease significantly after aging. It indicated that some isomerization and dehydrogenation occurred during the aging process. After adding nano-oxides into asphalt binder, the aromatic hydrogen content and the number of branched chains in asphalt susceptible to oxidation are further reduced, which slows the aging degree of asphalt. NMR spectroscopy shows that the content of aromatic carbon is the key factor affecting asphalt aging. After original asphalt aging, the aromatic carbon ratios decreased, and adding nano-oxides into asphalt binder, whereas two kinds of nano-oxide-modified asphalt have different trends of aromatic carbon ratios. The antioxidant mechanism of is to inhibit the loss of aromatic carbon, whereas the oxidation of nano-ZnO-modified asphalt either inhibits the reaction of aging or causes sufficient aromatization to offset the influence of different degrees of asphalt aging.
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Some or all data, models, or code that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
Acknowledgments
This study was supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, Southwest Jiaotong University, under Grant 2682021CX017, the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant 52008352, the Sichuan Applied Basic Research Project (2021YJ0533), and the Sichuan Science and Technology Program (2021JDTD0023). We would like to thank the Analytical and Testing Center of Southwest Jiaotong University and Sichuan Yakang Expressway Co., Ltd.
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