Analysis of Viscosity Change and Oil Leakage Characteristics According to CaCO₃ Particle Size and Anti-Sedimentation Agent Content on Bituminous Emulsion Mastic

Abstract

This study analyzed the characteristics of viscosity change and oil leakage stability according to the average particle size and content of organic and mineral-based extenders such as CaCO3 (CA) and anti-sedimentation (ASE) among materials consisting of bituminous emulsion mastic (BEM). The fabrication of samples for research was done using a melting method of 2 L capacity with the production mixing ratio of BEM used in the actual manufacturing process as a standard mixing ratio. Each sample size was adjusted to 16 μm, 5 μm, 2 μm, 1.4 μm and 1 μm, the average particle size of CA as a variable, and the content of ASE for each particle size was set to increase from 1 to 6 times the standard mixing ratio. The analysis found that in all average particle sizes of CA, the viscosity increased as the content of anti-sedimentation increased, and the viscosity was highest at the CA average particle size of 16 μm. The viscosity increased as the average particle size decreased at 5 μm, 2 μm, 1.4 μm and 1 μm. In addition, it was confirmed that the oil leakage stability increased as the average particle size of CA decreased, and the content of ASE increased. The evaluation results showed that specimens that met both workability and oil leakage stability conditions were the specimens with 4 times and 5 times the ASE content at the CA average particle size of 2 μm, and those with twice the ASE content at the CA average particle size of 1.4 μm.

Keywords

• bituminous emulsion mastic
• oil leakage
• organic and mineral extender
• mix design