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Symposium: Rheology & Advanced Characterization
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Rheological evaluation of polymeric binders from lubricating oil and post-consumer polypropylene

VISCONTE LEILA YUAN (1)*, Souza Ricardo da Silva (1), Pacheco Elen B.A.V. (1), Costa Valeria G. (2)

(1) Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro - Rio de Janeiro - Brazil, (2) Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia - Rio de Janeiro - Brazil

Bitumens from oil catalytic cracking are widely used in construction industry as a binder of mineral aggregates for paving asphalt cement (PAC). This material, however, has serious limitations if used at different temperatures. The objective of this study is the investigation on how formulated binders behave, when post-consumed materials are used. Thus, the binders were prepared by extruding polypropylene 5 times, to simulate degradation, and then adding post-consumer paraffin oil. Rheological analysis were carried out on a Haake oscillatory disk, with frequency sweep of 0.1 to 100 rad/s and temperatures ranging from 25 to 125 ° C. Flow curve analysis with shear upward ramping from 0.1 to 300 s-1 for 180 seconds were also performed. The rheological tests by frequency sweeping showed that the formulated materials have their rheological properties improved as polymer concentration increases. This can be observed on comparing the values of the complex shear modulus (G*), which is related to the material stiffness. By increasing the proportion of polymer G* values also increase, and the highest value was found for the mixture with 20% of polymeric material. For the complex viscosity (ƞ*) which is related to the elastic and viscous contributions of the material, it was observed that when the amounts of polymeric material in the mixture increase, ƞ* values are higher and the highest value is also presented by the 20% mixture. With increasing oscillation frequency, there is a decrease in ƞ* values for all materials; this characteristic is related to the presence of the polymeric material, which at high oscillation frequency, has greater viscous than elastic contributions, making the material more resistant to deformation at high flow rates. Flow curves tests show that by increasing the amount of polymer in the material formulation, an increase in viscosity occurs even at high temperatures; nevertheless, among the formulations analyzed, a large difference is not observed.