Physicochemical characterization of Gulf asphalts

  • Mohammed Farhat Ali*
  • , H. I. Al-Abdul Wahhab
  • , I. M. Asi
  • , I. A. Al-Dubabe
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The neat asphalt samples collected from the different asphalt producing refineries in the Gulf countries were subjected to two aging processes to simulate heating, mixing and compaction, and in service aging. The asphalt samples of the different aging stages were subjected to physical and chemical tests. The measured physical and consistency properties were used to calculate various temperature susceptibility indices. Corbett analysis, Ion exchange chromatography, HP-GPC, and FT-IR analysis were used to study the effect of aging on the molecular nature of asphalts.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)71-88
Number of pages18
JournalPetroleum Science and Technology
Volume16
Issue number1-2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1998

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
The authors acknowledge the financial support provided by King Abdul Aziz City for Science and Technology for the KACST project No: AR-14-60. The facilities support from King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals is gratefully acknowledged.

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Chemistry
  • General Chemical Engineering
  • Fuel Technology
  • Energy Engineering and Power Technology
  • Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology

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