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Today the main use of bitumen is in the road making industry for construction and maintenance. Bitumen emulsions are a dispersion of bitumen in an aqueous continuous phase, stabilized by the addition of an emulsifier. They are prepared as emulsions at high temperatures, but applied as solid dispersions at ambient temperatures. In road making, bitumen products are typically applied with mineral aggregate. The strong adhesion that occurs between the bitumen and mineral aggregate enables the bitumen to act as a binder, with the mineral aggregate providing mechanical strength for the road.
Bitumen is difficult to work with at ambient temperatures since it is a highly viscous material under these conditions. It can, however be transformed into a workable state by blending with petroleum solvents or by emulsification with a surfactant in water to form a bitumen emulsion. Emulsified bitumen acts as a key tool in road maintenance and construction technology as it combines amazing versatility while offering multiple comparative advantages.
As Per IS 8887:2004, we manufacture 5 grades of Cationic Bitumen Emulsion.
They are:
Break is sufficiently slow to allow mixing with aggregate containing fine material of relatively high surface area. Slow setting emulsion is further sub divided into SS-1 and SS-2 types.
Technical requirements of Bitumen Emulsion (Cationic Type) IS:8887:2004
(Clauses 4.2 and 6.2)
No. |
RS-1 |
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RS-2 |
MS |
SS-1 |
SS-2 |
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Residue on 600 micron IS |
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1 |
sieve (Percent by mass) Max. |
0.05 |
0.05 |
0.05 |
0.05 |
0.05 |
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Viscosity by Saybolt Furol Viscometer, |
- |
— |
- |
20-100 |
30-150 |
4 |
Sec (a) 25 ’C (b)50 X |
20-100 |
10Q-300 |
50-300 |
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- |
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•1) Coagulation of Emulsion |
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3 |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
NII |
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At low temperature |
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4 |
Storage Stability after |
2 |
, |
] |
2 |
2 |
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24 hrs. Percent Max. |
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s |
Particle Charge |
Positive |
Positive |
Positive |
Positive |
Positive |
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Coating ability and water resistance (a) Coating dry aggregate |
- |
- |
Good |
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- |
6 |
(b) Coating after spraying |
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Fair Fair |
■ |
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© Coating,wet aggregate (d) Coating after spraying |
- |
- |
Fair |
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- |
7 |
Stability to mixing with cement |
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■> |
7 |
! |
(percentage coagulation) Max. |
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l |
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Miscibility with water |
No |
No |
No |
- |
No |
8 |
coagulation |
coagulation |
coagulation |
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coagulation |
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Tests on residue: (a) Residue by evaporation percent Mln. |
60 |
67 |
65 |
50 |
60 |
9 |
(b) Penetration 25 *C/100g/5sec/ 1/10 mm. |
80-150 50 |
801-150 so |
60-150 50 |
60-350 so |
60-120 50 |
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(c) Ductility 25 X/cm Mln. (d) Solubility in trichloroethylene Minis |
98 |
98 |
98 |
98 |
98 |
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Distillation percent, by volume at: (1) 190X |
- |
- |
- |
20-55 □ A |
- |
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— |
— |
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— |
10 |
(2) 225X |
■ |
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40-90 60-100 |
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(3) 260X (4)31SX |
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- |
- |
- |
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11 |
Water content, percent by mass, Max |
- |
- |
- |
20 |
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