Research Article
Evaluating the Surface Free Energy and Moisture Sensitivity of Warm Mix Asphalt Binders Using Dynamic Contact Angle
Table 7
SFE components of asphalt binders (advancing contact angle).
| Binders | Cecabase additive % | Aging | Nonpolar component (ergs/cm2) | Basic component (ergs/cm2) | Acidic component (ergs/cm2) | Polar component (ergs/cm2) | Total SFE (ergs/cm2) |
| PG-64 | 0.0 | Unaged | 17.84 | 1.177 | 1.50 | 2.66 | 20.50 | RTFO | 18.41 | 1.182 | 1.70 | 2.83 | 21.24 | PAV | 16.83 | 0.551 | 2.16 | 2.18 | 19.01 | 0.2 | Unaged | 17.40 | 0.787 | 1.84 | 2.41 | 19.80 | RTFO | 17.93 | 0.629 | 2.12 | 2.31 | 20.24 | PAV | 15.59 | 0.250 | 2.29 | 1.51 | 17.10 | 0.3 | Unaged | 16.16 | 0.824 | 2.39 | 2.81 | 18.97 | RTFO | 16.70 | 0.944 | 2.47 | 3.05 | 19.75 | PAV | 15.18 | 0.845 | 2.35 | 2.82 | 18.00 | 0.4 | Unaged | 15.18 | 0.415 | 3.08 | 2.26 | 17.44 | RTFO | 16.47 | 0.819 | 2.35 | 2.78 | 19.25 | PAV | 15.49 | 0.710 | 2.37 | 2.59 | 18.09 |
| PG-76 | 0.0 | Unaged | 17.11 | 0.876 | 1.67 | 2.42 | 19.53 | RTFO | 16.82 | 1.044 | 1.99 | 2.88 | 19.70 | PAV | 15.87 | 0.668 | 1.80 | 2.19 | 18.06 | 0.2 | Unaged | 16.57 | 0.699 | 1.64 | 2.14 | 18.71 | RTFO | 17.79 | 0.904 | 1.69 | 2.47 | 20.26 | PAV | 14.08 | 1.031 | 1.71 | 2.66 | 16.73 | 0.3 | Unaged | 16.38 | 0.347 | 2.14 | 1.72 | 18.10 | RTFO | 17.09 | 1.096 | 1.57 | 2.62 | 19.71 | PAV | 13.72 | 0.479 | 2.45 | 2.17 | 15.88 | 0.4 | Unaged | 16.97 | 0.279 | 1.82 | 1.43 | 18.40 | RTFO | 17.92 | 0.716 | 1.66 | 2.18 | 20.10 | PAV | 14.66 | 0.318 | 1.82 | 1.52 | 16.18 |
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