Synthesis and properties of dioctyl fumarate copolymers as asphalt modifiers

TAMARA G OBERTI; DIEGO O. LARSEN; M. SUSANA CORTIZO

Mar del Plata

Simposio; XVI Simposio latinoamericano de polimeros; 2018

Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata

Asphalt is one of the most widely thermo-viscoelastic materials used for the construction of highways and routes. However, in the last years have beennoteworthy the greater demands that the pavements due to the greater loads and quantity of vehicles that transit them, which has prompted researchers tosearch for new materials. Actually, it is known that important properties such as thermal susceptibility, aging at environment and resistance to rutting andfatigue can be improved through the incorporation of polymers1. In this work we synthesized a new poly(dioctyl fumarate-co-vinyl benzoate), PFV in order tostudied the properties of the mixture with a base asphalt (BA) after incorporating the copolymer.