CN1216056A - Stabilized bituminous composition based on polymer in situ blend - Google Patents

Abstract

Normally incompatible styrenic polymers are stably incorporated into bitumen by using an elastomeric triblock copolymer comprising polystyrene segments which is solubilized or compatibilized in the bituminous phase. The elastomeric triblock copolymer incorporated into the continuous bituminous phase provides polystyrene domains which are dispersed throughout the bitumen or a receiving unit which stabilize the particulate polystyrene against separation from the bitumen.

Description

Bituminous composition based on the stabilization of polymer in situ blend

Field of the present invention

The present invention relates to a kind of plastics with polystyrene (PS) or PS-base with as the elastomerics of dispersion agent or rubber mix to form a kind of method of new stable bituminous composition, it comprises:

A) pitch,

B) itself with the inconsistent PS-of pitch base plastics (PS homopolymer or PS blend or graft copolymer) and

C) contain the cinnamic elasticity triblock copolymer compatible with pitch.

Other polymkeric substance compatible when being embodied in principle in this composition and being applicable to molten state as described here with polystyrene.

Background of the present invention

PS or PS-base plastics are thermoplastic polymers of the most normal use, and produce a large amount of callable scrap stock.With other polymeric material as polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP) and ethane-acetic acid ethyenyl ester (EVA), because it has high stiffness in operating temperature range, as if thereby PS also is well suited for adding in the pitch, and improve bituminous stiffness and intensity effectively by this.During heat-storage, can not significantly increase the elasticity of bituminous cement and blend with those or dispersion with various dissimilar pitches stratified other polymeric material similar problem takes place as quick as thought yet very unfortunately, PS has.In addition, because the various inherent structure features of the stiff molecule chain with high melt strength of PS, people have found even have used high shearing force also to be difficult to it is distributed in the pitch.Though PS-base corner thermoplastics is attractive economically as the consideration of asphalt modifier, and above-mentioned various obstacles have limited this application.

For many years, people have known independent or have been used in combination polymkeric substance (plastics or rubber) as asphalt modifier with other material on construction industry.Many such application have obtained success in various degree on asphalt modification.Successful degree depends primarily on difficulty or ease, polymkeric substance and the bituminous consistency of processing and depends on the bituminous composition final properties for each product.The application of these prior arts provides many methods of the various performances of pitch being carried out modification to those skilled in the art, that is:

(a) by utilizing various plastics such as PE, PP and multipolymer thereof, obtain bituminous stiffness and intensity easily with its crystallinity and blended;

(b) by using various synthetic elastomer such as urethane, chloroprene rubber, NBR, EPDM and styrene block copolymer (as SBS, SIS, SB and SEBS) to improve elastic recovery rate and the viscosity of pitch under high working temperature, and by select to improve flexible under low working temperature with the pitch compatible polymers according to its chemical constitution;

(c) by add various dissimilar process oils and/or with the mineral acid treatment bonding agent to improve polymkeric substance to the bituminous consistency;

(d) by making rubber (great majority be the multipolymer of divinyl-Ji) the various linking agent of sulfurized join in the pitch and obtain the pitch of miscible gluing with the increase chemical interaction with various; With

(e) repair PE multipolymer (as EVA) by the ratio of polymeric constituent such as vinyl-acetic ester (VA) among the control Eva, this will strengthen its consistency and performance as asphalt modifier.

In addition, prior art (United States Patent (USP) the 5th, 280, No. 064 and 5,494, No. 966, and transfer herein transferee) reaction method of can be the highly molten mixed multipolymer of from inconsistent plastics (using the PE of high MW) and compatible rubber components situ production and pitch also disclosed.When the elastomerics reagent of this on-site preparation is used alone or as a mixture as asphalt modifier, it is found that it has the function (WO94/22957 transfers transferee herein) of stablizer for PE-base plastics and divinyl-based elastomeric.

Though also have other type to be set forth in the prior art polymkeric substance as the asphalt modifier purposes, but two types polymkeric substance is PE and multipolymer (as the typical case in plastics field) thereof and vinylbenzene-diene copolymers (as the typical case of rubber materials) is still the most useful properties-correcting agent in bituminous industry, yet has only when using described elsewhere technology that they are stable or be only so when being compatible in the pitch.

Polystyrene (PS) plastics are being represented from crystal homopolymer, toughness reinforcing graft copolymer to blend or are being had a series of rigid polystyrene-base products of the alloy of various rubber.The rigidity of PS plastics and high melt strength make it be difficult to be disperseed to enter in the eu-bitumen of heat.In case stop to stir, then the thick disperse phase that produces under high shearing force will separate soon.Be used as in the relevant prior art of asphalt modifier at all and plastics, the inventor knows does not have a kind of polystyrene rigidity plastics that relates to any kind to be used for this purpose.

In the prior art relevant with the elastomeric modification agent, many order chemical operation that disclose the successive polymerization by styrene-butadiene-styrene (SBS), styrene-ethylene/butylene-styrene (SEBS) are prepared to be commonly referred to the styrene block copolymer of thermoplastic elastomer (TR) and the application of styrene-isoprene-phenylethene (SIS) system.

Disclosed in the international rubber conference record compilation of Maclaren in 1967 as people such as Holden, the TR dispersion can enter the three-dimensional network from the physical crosslinking of vinylbenzene segment its intensity and elasticity are offered pitch.The rubber base-material that the nodulizing of block (or polystyrene segment of triblock copolymer) that can be by styrene polymerization forms three-dimensional divinyl, ethylene/butylene or isoprene polymerization provides the trickle domain structure (domains) (the little order of magnitude to nm) of physical crosslinking to obtain this result.We know in all relevant prior arts, and the chemical structure of styrene block copolymer that strengthens asphalt performance properties-correcting agent is irrelevant with the chemical structure that promotes another kind of isolating polymer dispersed and/or stable styrene block copolymer as dispersion agent and/or compatilizer.Specifically, most of prior art is primarily focused on and can makes on the styrene block copolymer the whole bag of tricks compatible with pitch.

Summary of the present invention

According to the present invention, by use be easy to be dispersed or dissolved in the pitch, comprise triblock copolymer compatible with pitch, that contain cinnamic elastocopolymer, can be with homopolymer or multipolymer incompatible with pitch and that be easy to therefrom isolating vinylbenzene and styrene derivatives stably are dispersed in the pitch usually.

Therefore, in one aspect of the invention, provide a kind of stable bituminous composition, it comprises:

One successive pitch phase,

Contain the polystyrene segment and described pitch in mutually stable and compatible elasticity triblock copolymer and

Under molten state can be dispersed in the polystyrene of described pitch in mutually molten mix and usually with the mutually inconsistent dispersed particles polymer phase of described pitch, by described triblock copolymer stable and not from described pitch mutually separation.

This bitumen soluble elastocopolymer that contains the vinylbenzene segment plays a kind of dual-use function, that is: realize usually and the homodisperse of the inconsistent polystyrene of pitch-Ji rigid polymer (1), (2) provide the vinylbenzene domain structure as accepting the unit, be used for making dispersive polystyrene-Ji rigid polymer not separate and keep stable with pitch from pitch.Since the elasticity triblock copolymer in pitch stable or consistency and be dispersed in polystyrene domain structure in the pitch fully and make common inconsistent polystyrene macromolecular infiltrate in the pitch in the into described domain structure by granules of polystyrene is accepted.In case polystyrene macromolecular increases by blend and with the increase of dispersive polystyrene level, then the domain structure in the pitch external phase of gluing will become big.

Total narration of the present invention

Term used herein " () pitch (bitumen) " means the natural or synthetical of a class, the black of mainly being made up of high-molecular-weight hydrocarbons or dark color (solid-state, semi-solid state or viscosity) cementing material, wherein, pitch, tar, wood pitch and vasphaltic pyrobitumen are typical materials.Term used herein " (oil) pitch (asphalt) " means the cementing material of Vandyke brown to black, and the denseness aspect is solid-state or semi-solid state, and wherein main component is natural pitch etc. or the resistates that obtains in refining of petroleum.

Mutually perhaps solvable therein or can perhaps can be dissolved in bituminous elasticity triblock copolymer mutually with pitch the domain structure that is easy to disperse or be stable at the styrene elastomeric in the pitch is provided by the divinyl rubber segment.The elasticity triblock copolymer can comprise about 80%, the preferred terminal styrene block of about 24%-about 45% of about 20%-.

The example of available segmented copolymer comprises styrene-butadiene-styrene triblock copolymer (SBS), styrene-ethylene/butylene-styrene triblock polymer (SEBS) and styrene isoprene styrene block copolymer (SIS) (SIS).These triblock polymers can be used to form the stabilising dispersions of rigidity styrene polymer in the pitch.

The molecular weight (Mn) that can be used for the elastic block copolymer in the present composition is for about 30, and 000-is about 375,000, is preferably approximately 75, and 000-about 275,000.

The rigidity styrene polymer of stable dispersion in pitch can be polystyrene homopolymer according to the present invention, as crystal polystyrene and polystyrene foam, perhaps can be graft copolymer and with the physical blending thing/alloy of various rubber, perhaps can be the polymkeric substance of styrene derivatives, as poly-(alpha-methyl styrene), poly-(right-t-butyl styrene) and polychlorostyrene.This rigidity styrene polymer also can comprise the rigid copolymer of vinylbenzene-Ji, as poly-(vinylbenzene-be total to-vinyl-acetic ester) and poly-(vinylbenzene-be total to-the vinyl thiophene).Described styrene polymer can be a polymkeric substance natural or that reclaim, comprises the blend of the fusion of styrene polymer.

SEBS, SBS or SIS triblock copolymer also can be used for replacing polystyrene to disperse and to form the stabilising dispersions of other polymkeric substance, to be that this polymkeric substance and polystyrene are solvable under molten state mix condition, therefore can receive particle by the polystyrene domain structure.A kind of such polymkeric substance is polyphenylene oxide (PPO), and it is difficult to be scattered in the pitch, but can any ratio under molten state and polystyrene mix mixedly, and can disperse and infiltrate in the pitch by the effect of domain structure.

The molecular weight of this styrene polymer is about 40, and 000-is about 1,400,000, it is about 100 to be preferably, and 000-about 300,000.

In pitch, can provide and treat that dispersive usually can not the consistent compatible elasticity triblock copolymer of pitch of dispersive amount of polymers, and give pitch with required performance by the dispersive polymkeric substance with any required amount.Generally speaking, the amount that is scattered in the elasticity triblock copolymer in the pitch can be about 1% (weight) of bituminous composition-Yue 20% (weight), is preferably about 3% (weight)-Yue 15% (weight).Usually the amount that is scattered in the styrene polymer in the pitch can be about 1% (weight)-35% (weight) of bituminous composition, is preferably about 3% (weight)-Yue 15% (weight).

The stable bituminous composition of the present invention does not show the trend that is separated under about 100 ℃-Yue 200 ℃ high temperature, and do not having under the condition of stirring still to keep stable, also be that said composition does not show the trend that dispersed particles is separated mutually from successive pitch.

The bituminous composition that the present invention is stable also can be cooled to room temperature for several times, reheat to about 160 ℃ or higher to about 200 ℃ and under so high temperature, keep a couple of days and dispersed particles without any the sign that is separated.

Can with any mode easily make rigidity styrene polymer or other under molten state can with the stabilising dispersions of the molten mixed rigid polymer of the polystyrene of continuous pitch in mutually.Usually by the elasticity triblock copolymer being dissolved in the pitch to set up trickle polystyrene domain structure (the little order of magnitude) and to come at first the elasticity triblock copolymer to be infiltrated in the pitch equably at the cross-linked rubber base-material in mutually of pitch continuously to nm.Then at about 150 ℃-Yue 200 ℃, under the preferred about 170 ℃-Yue 180 ℃ temperature polystyrene or other polymkeric substance are added to composition to be scattered in wherein (can finish) under the condition of high shear force.As mentioned above, the vinylbenzene component of elasticity triblock copolymer provides domain structure, it at first help styrene polymer be dispersed in continuous pitch mutually in, next helps the styrene polymer of stable dispersion and phenomenon of phase separation does not take place from continuous pitch mutually.Perhaps elasticity triblock copolymer and the blend simultaneously of rigidity styrene polymer can be advanced in the pitch so that stable composition to be provided.

Stable bituminous composition mentioned herein can be used as the pavior that all types is paved the way, and is applied to roof membranes, shide, waterproofing membrane, sealing agent, pointing, potting resin and protection finishing agent.Pavior generally comprises pellet, as rubble gravel, sand etc. and bituminous composition.Similarly, the end-use of thing combined according to the invention is used other additive that adds bituminous composition.For example, can obtain roof Material by adding various suitable fillers such as asbestos, carbonic ether, silicon-dioxide, xylon, mica, vitriol, clay, pigment and/or fire retardant such as chlorinated wax.Application for the be full of cracks filler preferably adds oxide compound.

Embodiment carries out a series of experiment to attempt to provide fused polystyrene stable dispersion in pitch.

In two kinds of different pitches (pitch 1, pitch 2), use different polymeric systems to carry out eight tests respectively, and estimate each performance.By composition in having the hot classification of temperature regulator (hot stage) about 160 ℃ stop down after about 3 hours microscopic examination (magnification the is 400X) morphology of each sample and estimate the package stability of gained system.By this method, learn that feature can be followed the trail of over time and definite polystyrene dispersed in pitch and stability at high temperature thereof from hot classification morphology during.

Following table 1 has provided the result who respectively tests used material and gained:

Table 1

Component	The test sequence number
										??1	??2	??3	??4	??5	??6	??7	??8
Pitch 1	?96	?96	?0	?92	?0	?0	?96	?92
									Pitch 2	?0	?0	?96	?0	?92	?92	?0	?0
Polystyrene	?4	?0	?0	?4	?4	?4	?0	?4
									?SBS	?0	?4	?4	?4	?4	?4	?0	?0
?SEBS	?0	?0	?0	?0	?0	?0	?4	?4
									Sulphur	?0	?0	?0	?0	?0	?0.15	?0	?0
25 ℃ of softening temperatures of 4 ℃ of penetration degrees of performance penetration degree, ℃ viscosity, cp, 135 ℃	?- ?- ?- ?-	?46 ?125 ?87 ?788	?47 ?86 ?51 ?988	?41 ?105 ?89 ?988	??- ??- ?64 ?1300	?43 ?73 ?64 ?1250	?- ?- 44 363	?42 ?110 ?49 ?425
									Stability	Unstable *	Stable	Unstable	Stable	Unstable	Stable	Stable	Stable

^*Can not fully be dispersed among the AC

The polystyrene that is used for each test is a kind of crystal polystyrene plastic (PS of granular form, melt index: 5 grams/10 minutes, provide by Polysar Limited), and two kinds of triblock copolymers are styrene-butadiene-styrene (SBS) thermoplastic elastomer (Europrene solT161B, 30% combined styrene, 70% in conjunction with divinyl, make by Enichem ElastomersAmerica Inc.) and styrene-ethylene/butylene-styrene (SEBS) thermoplastic elastomer (Kraton G1652,30% combined styrene, 70% in conjunction with ethylene/butylene, is made by ShellChemicals Inc.).Use is based on two kinds of pitch caking agent sources (pitch 1 and pitch 2) of identical viscosities grade: be used to test the penetration degree that 1,2,4,7 and 8 pitch 1 has 167dmm (25 ℃ time), 40 ℃ softening temperature and the Bu Luoke Field viscosity (135 ℃) of 195 centipoises, and be used to test the penetration degree that 3,5 and 6 pitch 2 has 148dmm (25 ℃ time), 45 ℃ softening temperature and the Bu Luoke Field viscosity (135 ℃) of 233 centipoises.

In test 1, under about 185 ℃, use high shear force 2 hours that independent polystyrene (4 parts/100 total weight parts) is scattered in the pitch with Brinkman Polytron Mixer.The sample of being got the mixture during from blend shows, because the various proper properties of polystyrene are that it is insoluble, rigidity and high melt strength, even uses high shearing force also to be difficult to it is dispersed in the liquid bitumen.As confirmed that by microscopic examination in case stop to stir, the thick dispersion of gained is very fast to be separated from pitch.

In test 2 and 3, under testing the same terms used in 1, respectively independent SBS (4 parts/100 total weight parts) is scattered in pitch 1 and the pitch 2.SBS is easy to be scattered in two kinds of pitch sources.Yet the microscopic examination result for these two samples in hot classification shows that SBS is compatible with pitch 1, but with pitch 2 incompatible (seeing Table 1).

In test 4 and 5,, respectively the mixture of polystyrene (4 parts/100 total weight parts) with SBS (4 parts/100 total weight parts) is scattered in pitch 1 and the pitch 2 testing under used the same terms with other.In the comparison of 4 and 5 of tests, the microscopic examination result of each sample shows, though the dispersiveness of polystyrene has obtained significant raising in two kinds of situations, polystyrene dispersions is containing dissolved SBS segmented copolymer, is providing for polystyrene dispersions in pitch in the pitch (pitch 1) of region of acceptance structure and just become stable.The size of dispersive domain structure increases with the increase of polystyrene concentration.

In SBS/ pitch 2/PS system, polystyrene is still separated from pitch 2 tackiness agents, because in the pitch medium, can't provide stable vinylbenzene domain structure with the inconsistent SBS of pitch, unless as using reagent, make SBS itself compatible with pitch as elementary sulfur (seeing test 6) by other method.

In test 7 and 8,, the mixture of polystyrene (4 parts/100 total weight parts) with the SEBS (4 parts/100 total weight parts) that replaces SBS is scattered in the pitch 1 testing under used the same terms with other.SEBS is compatible with pitch 1, and can play dispersion agent and function of stabilizer so that a kind of stable bituminous composition (seeing Table 1 result) to be provided.

Disclosure summary

Sum up the disclosure, the invention provides and be used for being scattered in pitch, the elasticity triblock copolymer compatible and be that styrene elastomeric stably is scattered in the new system in the pitch with common inconsistent styrene polymer (particularly rigidity styrene polymer) usually with pitch by providing.In category of the present invention, various modifications are possible.

Claims (10)

1. stable bituminous composition, it comprises:

One successive pitch phase,

Contain the polystyrene segment and described pitch in mutually stable and compatible elasticity triblock copolymer and

Under molten state can be dispersed in the polystyrene of described pitch in mutually molten mix and usually with the mutually inconsistent dispersed particles polymer phase of described pitch, it by described triblock copolymer stable and not from described pitch mutually separation.

2. the composition of claim 1, wherein said dispersed particles polymer phase is the polymkeric substance of polystyrene-Ji.

3. the composition of claim 2, the polymkeric substance of wherein said polystyrene-Ji is a polystyrene homopolymer.

4. the composition of claim 1, wherein said dispersed particles polymer phase is a polyphenylene oxide.

5. the composition of claim 1, wherein said elasticity triblock copolymer is selected from styrene-butadiene-styrene block copolymer, styrene-ethylene/butylene-styrene block copolymer and styrene isoprene styrene block copolymer (SIS).

6. the composition of claim 5, wherein said dispersed particles polymkeric substance is a polystyrene homopolymer.

7. the composition of claim 1, the amount of wherein said elasticity triblock copolymer in described bituminous composition is about 1% (weight)-Yue 20% (weight) of composition, and the amount of dispersed particles rigid polymer is about 1% (weight)-Yue 35% (weight) of bituminous composition.

8. the composition of claim 7, the amount of wherein said elasticity triblock copolymer is about 3% (weight)-Yue 15% (weight), and the amount of described dispersed particles rigid polymer is about 3% (weight)-Yue 15% (weight).

9. form the method for stable bituminous composition, it comprises:

Finish the elasticity triblock copolymer that contains the polystyrene segment with will be dissolved in or be compatible in the pitch, can be that about 150 ℃-Yue 200 ℃ polystyrene mixes mixing between the mixed polymkeric substance with the temperature of molten state in the pitch, with the polymkeric substance granulation and make polymer stabilizing and from pitch, do not separate.

10. the method for claim 9, wherein said temperature is about 170 ℃-Yue 180 ℃.