Propriedades Reológicas e Resistência a Oxidação de Cimento Asfáltico de Petróleo (CAP) Modificado com Cardanol

Abstract

In this work, phenolics from renewable and natural sources extracted from cashew nut shell liquid (CNSL) were used as petroleum asphalt cement (PAC) modifiers additives. Fractions extracted by different methods (I, II and III) were analyzed by High Performance Liquid chromatography (HPLC) and Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) and were identified as cardanol. The PAC modified by cardanol I was compared to PAC modified with CNSL and styrene-butadiene-estyrene (SBS) by measuring its rheological properties before and after an aging simulation evaluation. CNSL and cardanol I showed, similarly, increasing values of penetration and decreasing the soft point, the viscosity, the mixing and compaction temperature and the thermal susceptibility. Regarding the rheological parameters obtained by dynamic shear rheometer (DSR), it was observed that PAC/CNSL and PAC/cardanol became more susceptible to rutting. It was verified that cardanol acted as a compatibility agent in PAC modified with SBS in a similar way as for commercial aromatics oils. On the other hand, PAC modified with SBS showed decreasing on penetration values and on thermal susceptibility, as well as increasing soft point and viscosity values. PAC modified with SBS was more resistant to rutting as observed by its rheological parameters (G*, δ). The performance grade (PG) in high temperatures was lower for PAC/cardanol I and PAC/CNSL then for PAC modified with SBS, confirming the conclusions obtained by analysis of the rheological parameters. The PG value, in low temperatures, was greater for PAC modified with SBS then those for the other modified PAC, indicating that this mixture can be used in cold climates. For PAC modified with cardanol I and with CNSL, there was no change performance in low temperatures. The resistance to thermal degradation verified by thermogravimetry (TGA) was similar for all samples. The differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) showed that all samples have low content of crystallizable fractions and PAC modified by cardanol has a higher thermal crack resistance. Simulated oxidative ageing showed that cardanol acted as antioxidants. For the dosage of PAC modified with cardanol II, it was observed an economy in the content of used binder compared to PAC without any additive. In the Lottman modified test it was verified that cardanol II acted as an anti-stripping agent (ASA) between the binder and aggregates because it was found a tensile strength ratio (TSR) higher than 80% and larger than the value found for unmodified PAC.