Showing papers by "Laurent Michon published in 1999"

A 13C NMR and DSC study of the amorphous and crystalline phases in asphalts

Abstract: The amorphous and crystalline phases in asphalt have been identified and studied using low-temperature solid-state carbon-13 CP/MAS NMR and DSC techniques. The NMR mass percent of the crystalline methylene carbons was shown to correlate linearly with the mass percent of crystalline wax in asphalts measured using DSC. While the internal methylene carbon content of long-chain alkanes in the crystalline phase in the asphalts varied, the internal methylene carbon content of the long-chain alkanes in the amorphous phase remained relatively constant. The NMR crystalline methylene carbon content was plotted against a low-temperature cracking parameter, the fracture temperature of an asphalt. It was found that 1% or less of aliphatic carbons in the crystalline phase has little effect on the fracture temperature. For these asphalts, the fracture temperature depends mainly on the initial amount of mobile aliphatic carbons in the amorphous phase at 23 °C. For asphalts containing 1% or more of crystalline aliphatic c...

Carbon-13 molecular structure parameters of rtfot aged asphalts: three proposed mechanisms for aromatization.

Abstract: The determination of average molecular structural parameters of asphalts represents an important step in describing their skeleton. Using a new method based only on the analysis of carbon-13 nuclear magnetic resonance measurements, the average molecular parameters were determined for three asphalts before and after Rolling Thin Film Oven Test aging. From the analysis of the changes in the parameters, three mechanisms are proposed to explain the aromatization process in asphalts during oxidation.