scholarly journals Correlation and modelling of the penetration and softening point tests of bitumen binders with a variety of physical and chemical properties

Author(s):  
Marvy Girgis ◽  
Jérémie Barbier ◽  
Alain Quignard ◽  
Isabelle Merdrignac ◽  
João Marques

Studying bitumen has always posed a challenge to researchers owing to its extreme complexity and unique properties. To classify it commercially and to determine bitumen grade, two standard empirical tests have been adopted within the European standardized bitumen binders system [EN 12591:2009 (2009) Bitumen and bituminous binders – Specifications for paving grade bitumens]: Softening Point (SP) and Penetration (PEN). The relationship between these two tests and the physical or chemical properties of bitumen is not well understood. For the first time, this study represents an attempt to build more understanding of such a relationship through a comprehensive study of the correlation between the two standard tests and many physical and chemical properties of bitumen. A second goal is to propose some predictive models for these two tests and compare their predictive accuracy. Therefore, 13 Straight Run Vacuum Residues (SRVR) samples from different geographical origins were analyzed to measure the following parameters: Dynamic Viscosity (VisDy), Conradson Carbon Residue (CCR), C5 Asphaltenes Content (AspC5), C7 Asphaltenes Content (AspC7), Elemental Analysis (including C, H, O, N, S, Ni, and V content), Simulated Distillation (SD), Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IR), and proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (H-NMR). Results of studying correlations using correlation matrix and Principal Component Analysis (PCA) have emphasized the prominent effect of asphaltenes content on the other properties and the results of SP and PEN. It has also shown the potential importance of the aliphaticity/aromaticity of bitumen. Then, four models were proposed for the prediction of SP and PEN: viscosity, FT-IR, H-NMR, and multi-parameter models. Partial least squares (PLS) regression was used for building all models, except viscosity ones. All SP models, except H-NMR model, exhibited very good accuracy compared to the standard method. On the other hand, PEN was more difficult to predict than SP and only the multi-parameter model of PEN showed relatively good accuracy of prediction.

1978 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 412-416 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reinhold Tacke ◽  
Roland Niedner

Abstract Organosilicon compounds 8, 9 and 10 with potential curare-like action and their precursors 5, 6 and 7 were synthesized for the first time. 5−10 were characterized by their physical and chemical properties, and their structures were confirmed by analyses, 1 H NMR and mass spectroscopy (only for 5−7). The pharmacological and toxicological data of 8, 9 and 10 are reported.


1981 ◽  
Vol 36 (11) ◽  
pp. 1444-1450 ◽  
Author(s):  
Max Schmidt ◽  
Erich Sametschek

Abstract The first examples of the hitherto unknown 1,2,4-Trithia-3,5-diborolanes with B-O-C-bonds have been synthesized and characterised. The diiodo substituted ring (2) reacts with 2,6-dimethylphenol, to form 3,5-bis-(2,6-dimethylphenyloxi)-1,2,4-trithia-3,5-di-borolane (3) and HI. 3,5-Diethoxi-1,2,4-trithia-3,5-diborolane, 5, and C2H5I are formed via the cleavage of diethylether by 2. From 2 and diisopropylether, the corresponding 3,5-diisopropyloxi-1,2,4-trithia-3,5-diborolane (6) is formed. The unsymmetrical ethers methyl-t-butylether and methylphenylether undergo reactions with 2 resulting in the formation of 3,5-dimethyloxi-1,2,4-trithia-3,5-diborolane (8) (besides t-C4H9I) and 3,5-diphenyloxi-1,2,4-trithia-3,5-diborolane (10) (besides CH3I). The thermal stability of the new compounds is increasing with increasing size of R in the -OR group and from aliphatic to aromatic R in this group. IR, Raman, 1H NMR and 11B NMR spectra of the compounds are reported as well as some physical and chemical properties.


The above substance was discovered by M. Julien, of Abo, in Finland, amongst the products arising out of the distillation of calcined sulphate of iron, with crude nitre in iron retorts. It forms white acicular crystals by sublimation, and when passed through a green glass tube containing red-hot rock crystal, it is decomposed with the deposition of charcoal and evolution of chlorine. It is not altered by repeated sublimations in chlorine. It was analysed by passing its vapour over red-hot oxide of copper, by which chloride of copper and carbonic acid gas were produced: the former was de­composed by nitrate of silver, and the proportion of chlorine esti­mated by that of chloride of silver formed. From this and other experiments, the authors conclude that this substance consists of one portion of chlorine and two of carbon: they failed in their endea­vours to convert it into either of the other chlorides of carbon, to which, in its physical and chemical properties, it bears however a considerable resemblance.


2021 ◽  
Vol 872 ◽  
pp. 67-71
Author(s):  
Suharno Rusdi ◽  
Farida Imtiyaz ◽  
Nopia Denvil Wulandari ◽  
Achmad Chafidz

The objectives of this study are to obtain essential oil from Sedap Malam (Tuberose) flower via extraction method and to characterize the physical and chemical properties of the essential oil produced, such as density, rendement, and chemical composition. The extraction process was carried out by using methanol solvent. The ratio between Sedap Malam flower and the methanol solvent was 1:5. After the extraction process of the essential oil finished, the essential oil and the solvent were separated via a simple distillation process. The collected essential oil was then characterized using Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrophotometry (GC-MS) apparatus and Fourier Transform Infra-Red (FT-IR) analysis to investigate the content of the essential oil extracted from Sedap Malam flower. The physical characterization results showed that the essential oil has average rendement value of 12.605 % and density value of 1.0905 g/mL. Additionally, organoleptic test was carried to test the response of respondents toward the color and odor/fragrance of the essential oil extracted from Sedap Malam flower. Most of the responses were included in categories of “Like” and “Really like”. Additionally, for the fragrance, most of response of the respondents for all the four samples of essential oil were in category of “Really like”.


1979 ◽  
Vol 34 (9) ◽  
pp. 1279-1285 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Tacke ◽  
M. Strecker ◽  
W. S. Sheldrick ◽  
E. Heeg ◽  
B. Berndt ◽  
...  

Abstract Sila-difenidol (6b), a sila-analogue of the drug difenidol (6a), was synthesized according to Scheme 1. 6b and its new precursors 3 and 5 were characterized by their physical and chemical properties, and their structures confirmed by elementary analyses, 1H NMR and mass spectroscopy. 6 b crystallizes orthorhombic P212121 with a = 11.523(1), b = 14.366(4), c = 11.450(1) Å, Z = 4, Dber = 1.14 gcm-3. The structure was refined to R = 0.050 for 1897 reflexions. A strong nearly linear intramolecular O-H···N hydrogen bond of 2.685 Å is observed. The anticholinergic, histaminolytic and musculotropic spasmolytic activities of 6 a and 6 b are reported.


2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ning Xu ◽  
Xue-Liang Peng ◽  
Hao-Ru Li ◽  
Jia-Xuan Liu ◽  
Ji-Si-Yu Cheng ◽  
...  

Collagen is a kind of biocompatible protein material, which is widely used in medical tissue engineering, drug delivery, cosmetics, food and other fields. Because of its wide source, low extraction cost and good physical and chemical properties, it has attracted the attention of many researchers in recent years. However, the application of collagen derived from terrestrial organisms is limited due to the existence of diseases, religious beliefs and other problems. Therefore, exploring a wider range of sources of collagen has become one of the main topics for researchers. Marine-derived collagen (MDC) stands out because it comes from a variety of sources and avoids issues such as religion. On the one hand, this paper summarized the sources, extraction methods and characteristics of MDC, and on the other hand, it summarized the application of MDC in the above fields. And on the basis of the review, we found that MDC can not only be extracted from marine organisms, but also from the wastes of some marine organisms, such as fish scales. This makes further use of seafood resources and increases the application prospect of MDC.


2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jia-Bao Liu ◽  
Hani Shaker ◽  
Imran Nadeem ◽  
Muhammad Hussain

The degree-based topological indices are used to correlate the physical and chemical properties of a molecule with its chemical structure. Boron nanotubular structures are high-interest materials due to the presence of multicenter bonds and have novel electronic properties. These materials have some important issues in nanodevice applications like mechanical and thermal stability. Therefore, they require theoretical studies on the other properties. In this paper, we present certain degree-based topological indices such as ABC, the fourth ABC, GA, and the fifth GA indices for boron triangular and boron-α nanotubes.


2009 ◽  
Vol 89 (4) ◽  
pp. 85-94
Author(s):  
S.H. Hosseini ◽  
S. Feiznia ◽  
H.R. Peyrovan

The objective of this study is to assess the effect of physical and chemical properties of Marl's formations on sediment and runoff rates at different rainfall intensities, based on using field rainfall simulator. For this purpose, first Marl's formations (Neocene's units) were separated to five units including Halite siltstone(NgSiH), Siltstone (NgSi), Mudstone (gy1C), Gypsum mudstone (gy1CG) and Halite clay stone (gy2CH), based on physical and chemical properties. Then runoff and sediment rates were determined in each unit at two intensities (30 and 60 mm/h) using rainfall simulator. Analysis of variance and Duncan's tests showed that Halite siltstone unit has produced the highest amount of runoff and sediment rates and then the runoff and sediment rates of other subunits in decreasing order are as follows: Siltstone, gy2CH, gylCG and gy1C are 5% significant level. The trend of induced runoff and sediment rates at different times showed that in Halite siltstone and Siltstone units the runoff amounts were fixed rapidly at 2nd ten minutes. And, on the other units, the runoff amounts were fixed at 3rd ten minutes and sediment yield was increased rapidly at 3rd ten minutes.


2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
K.G. Pugin

Abstract. Premature destruction of asphalt concrete can be caused by the aging of bitumen, which is associated with a change in the physical and chemical properties of bitumen. The article shows that in most cases, the improvement of the characteristics of asphalt concrete is achieved through the introduction of additives that affect the basic properties of the bituminous binder, such as penetration, softening temperature, viscosity. The influence of the chemical composition of the mineral filler on the rate of bitumen aging has been experimentally proved. The obtained research data show that the increase in the rate of aging of bitumen is influenced by the compounds of silicon and aluminum. On the other hand, metals such as iron and titanium contribute to the preservation of the initial plasticity of bitumen, and the accumulation of asphaltenes in the structure of the bitumen-mineral mixture slows down.


2020 ◽  
Vol 842 ◽  
pp. 174-181
Author(s):  
Dan Wang ◽  
Mudassir Iqbal ◽  
Ming Qiao Zhu

Fe3O4 nanoparticles (NPs) have previously been employed in various fields owing to their unique physical and chemical properties. In this paper, Fe3O4 NPs are prepared by co-precipitation method in a helical microreactor under different reaction conditions which affect the size of Fe3O4 NPs. The product is characterized by FT-IR and XPS. Also, VSM characterization shows that Fe3O4 exhibits typical superparamagnetic behavior and the saturation magnetization of NPs is 53 emu/g.


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