The Effect of Styrene-Butadiene-Rubber (SBR) Polymer Modifier on Properties of Bitumen

In order to use bitumen in hot mix asphalt, it must
have specific characteristics. There are some methods to reach these
properties. Using polymer modifiers are one of the methods to
modify the bitumen properties. In this paper the effect of Styrene-
Butadiene-Rubber that is one of the bitumen polymer modifiers on
rheology properties of bitumen is studied. In this regard, the
rheological properties of base bitumen and the modified bitumen with
3, 4, and 5 percent of Styrene-Butadiene-Rubber (SBR) were
analysed. The results show that bitumen modified with 5 percent of
SBR has the best performance than the other samples.

• Seyed Abbas Tabatabaei
• Alireza Kiasat
• Ferdows Karimi Alkouhi

• Bitumen
• polymer modifier
• styrene-butadienerubber
• rheological properties.

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