Research Article

Polyfunctional Modifiers for Bitumen and Bituminous Materials with High Performance

Table 9

Group chemical composition of the original and modified bitumen.

Components,
wt.%
Bitumen samples
OriginalPFM content, wt.%
0.60.81.01.2

Saturates (S)22.6218.4518.6314.1814.2
Aromatics (MCA)6.888.749.7712.6512.07
Aromatics (BCA + PCA)8.267.987.666.857.92
Aromatics (A)15.1416.7217.4319.519.99
Resins (R)40.2639.4739.0740.6539.92
Asphaltenes (A)21.9825.3624.8725.6725.89

MCA: monocyclic aromatics, BCA + PCA bicyclic and polycyclic aromatics.