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ArticlePolymers2025

Activated Desulfurized Rubber Powder/SBS/SEBS Composite-Modified Asphalt: Performance and Synergistic Modification Mechanism.

Qidong Su, Songqiao Yang, Wenjing Liu, Mingming Zhang, Aoxue Li, Dongwei Cao

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Article in Polymers, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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6 authors.

Qidong SuResearch Institute of Highway Ministry of Transport, Beijing 100088, China.
Songqiao YangShanxi Road & Bridge Construction Group Co., Ltd., Taiyuan 030031, China.
Wenjing LiuSchool of Civil Engineering, Chongqing Jiaotong University, Chongqing 400074, China.
Mingming ZhangSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Chang'an University, Xi'an 710064, China.
Aoxue LiCollege of Traffic and Transportation, Chongqing Jiaotong University, Chongqing 400074, China.
Dongwei CaoResearch Institute of Highway Ministry of Transport, Beijing 100088, China.

Funding

Key Science and Technology Projects of Shanxi Road & Bridge Construction Group in 2023 SXLQ-JT-3-002-2023National Key Research and Development Program of China 2024YFB2605103
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Abstract

Due to the poor comprehensive performance of traditional rubber powder-modified asphalt (RA) and issues like easy segregation in rubber powder/Styrene-Butadiene-Styrene (SBS) composite-modified asphalt, the application of RA in high-grade highways is limited. This study combined SEBS (Styrene-Ethylene-Butylene-Styrene) and SBS to form SEBS/SBS (SE-S) and investigated the effect of the SE-S system on asphalt performance. The activated desulfurized rubber powder (ARP) was prepared via mechanical thermal oxidation and used to produce ARP/SE-S composite-modified asphalt (ASSA) combined with SE-S. The performance and modification mechanism of ASSA were evaluated through conventional, rheological, and microstructural tests. The results showed that SEBS improved storage stability more effectively than SBS. With SEBS:SBS = 0.4:0.6 and a SE-S content of 2-4%, the modified asphalt exhibited better overall performance. The synergy of ARP and SE-S enhances both low-temperature crack resistance and high-temperature deformation resistance, endowing ASSA with excellent viscoelastic rheological properties. The modification mechanism of ASSA was primarily physical and the changes in chemical bonds were mainly caused by decrosslinking of the rubber powder during ARP preparation. SE-S and ARP fully swelled and crosslinked in the asphalt, exhibiting excellent compatibility and endowing the ASSA with superior stability and performance.

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mechanism analysismodified asphaltrheological propertiesrubber-modified asphaltSBSSEBSsustainability

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PMCPMC12694556

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