Efeito da adição de nanoargilas e nanocompósitos argila/SBS no desempenho de ligantes asfálticos.

• Ano de defesa: 2014
• Autor(a) principal: Tomé, Luisa Gardênia Alves
• Tipo de documento: Tese
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Palavras-chave em Português: Engenharia química; Reologia; Polímeros - Aditivos; Nanopartículas
• Link de acesso: http://www.repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/10833

The present work deals with the development of nanostructured additives as potentially useful materials to improve the performance of asphalt binders in paving. They were prepared and used as additives in various compositions: organophilic montmorillonite clay, vermiculite and Cloisite®, styrene-butadiene-styrene copolymer (SBS), as well as SBS/CLO5% and SBS/OVMT5% nanocomposites. The polymeric nanocomposites were produced by the technique of intercalation solution. The aim of that was to improve the physical and the rheological properties of the binder and thus to contribute for their storage stability, to improve their resistance to oxidative aging and to reduce their thermal susceptibility. Nanomaterials were characterized by x-ray diffraction (XRD) and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). Pure and modified asphalt binder (AB) were evaluated for their rheological properties using a dynamic shear rheometer (DSR). The structural characterization technique (FTIR) spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and simulated aging in the Rolling Thin Film Oven Test (RTFOT), in addition to rheological measurements performed on a DSR, were also used to estimate the AB performance in the presence of nanostructured additives. The results show that the modified asphalt binder revealed an increase of the complex modulus (G*) and a reduction in the phase angle (δ), which means a higher resistance of them to permanent deformation. Their viscosity, penetration and thermal susceptibility were in accordance to the limits established by the National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels. The rheological properties of asphalt binders (AB) modified with nanocomposites were similar to those modified with SBS 4.0%, which identifies a reduction in costs, taking into account the possibility of replacing the polymer by clay. The presence of OVMT improved the storage stability of the SBS modified AB, which is an important result, since phase separation is a major obstacle to the use of SBS in paving.