Review Article

A Synthesis of Computational and Experimental Approaches of Evaluating Chemical, Physical, and Mechanistic Properties of Asphalt Binders

Table 1

Asphalt chemical constituents and their share. The table is reproduced from Stangl et al. [5] (under the creative commons attribution license/public domain).

Asphalt stateChemical constituents (mass %)
CarbonHydrogenOxygenNitrogenSulphurTotal

Neat asphalt (British specification B50/70)83.9010.40<0.10.405.0099.70
After RTFO83.8010.40<0.10.405.0099.60
After RTFO + PAV83.7010.50<0.10.504.9099.60