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Laboratory Study of the Combined Use of Reactive/Nonreactive Polymer and Polyphosphoric Acid in Asphalt Mixtures

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Reactive and nonreactive polymers and polyphosphoric acid are options used as modifiers of asphalt binders whose objective is to improve the mechanical properties of the asphalt mixture. This research evaluated the mechanical behavior of asphalt mixtures modified by reactive/nonreactive polymer associated with polyphosphoric acid as a catalyst with different contents. The asphalt binder modifier polymers used were Ethylene Methyl Acrylate and Glycidyl Methacrylate (EMA-GMA), High-Density Terpolymer (HDPE), and Polyphosphoric Acid (PPA116%). Asphalt binder modified by styrene–butadiene–styrene (SBS) (AB 55/75) and penetration 50/70 asphalt binder (AB 50/70), the latter being the binder modified by polymers for analysis, were submitted to empirical and rheological physical tests before and after short-term aging (RTFO). The mixtures were dosed with the asphalt binders AB 55/75 and AB 50/70 without modification and modified by 1.8%EMA-GMA and 0.3%HDPE mixed with varying 0.3 and 0.5% of PPA116%. In addition, the mechanical tests of tensile strength, induced moisture damage, Cantabro wear, resilient modulus, dynamic modulus, and flow number were performed to evaluate the mechanical behavior of asphalt mixtures. The t-Student statistical test verified the significance of the mechanical data of the mixtures. The results showed that the mixture modified with 1.8%EMA-GMA and 0.3%HDPE associated with 0.3% of PPA116% showed more excellent resistance to breaking strength, traction, susceptibility to moisture, more excellent resistance to wear, and resilient modulus, presenting values close to the sample with 0.5% of PPA116% in the dynamic modulus and flow number tests. These mixtures can be used as an alternative in regions with high temperatures.

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The authors are grateful for the financial support of the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) and the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES) for the authors' research grants. The authors are also grateful for the support of the Pavement Engineering Laboratory (LEP) at the Federal University of Campina Grande.

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MARC was involved in Conceptualization, Methodology, Investigation, Data Curation, Writing—Original Draft, Writing—Review & Editing. OMMN contributed to Conceptualization, Methodology, Investigation, Data Curation, Writing—Original Draft. JKGR was involved in Conceptualization, Supervision, Project administration. AMGDM contributed to Conceptualization, Supervision, Project administration. RFRQ and RKBL were involved in Writing—Original Draft.

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de Carvalho, M.A.R., de Medeiros Melo Neto, O., Rodrigues, J.K.G. et al. Laboratory Study of the Combined Use of Reactive/Nonreactive Polymer and Polyphosphoric Acid in Asphalt Mixtures. Iran J Sci Technol Trans Civ Eng 47, 4117–4133 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40996-023-01204-9

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