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

<table class="table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Asphalt fractions</td><td class="align_center"><i>R</i><sub>f</sub> value</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Asphaltene</td><td class="align_center">0.20–0.21</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Resin</td><td class="align_center">0.45–0.47</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Saturate</td><td class="align_center">0.90–0.92</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Aromatic (mono, di, or poly)</td><td class="align_center">0.68–0.83</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div><i>R</i><sub>f</sub> value for asphalt fractions.</div>

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Table 2: A Synthesis of Computational and Experimental Approaches of Evaluating Chemical, Physical, and Mechanistic Properties of Asphalt Binders 