The present application is directed to an asphalt binder composition comprising: an asphalt binder; a compound of formula (I): ##STR00001## wherein R, A, n, and m are as described herein, a compound of formula (II): ##STR00002## wherein R′, A′, n′, and m′ are as described herein. The present application is also directed to further compositions, methods of producing an asphalt binder composition, and methods of paving.

A waterproofing membrane including a reinforcing material coated with a blend formulation, the blend formulation including glass spheres having a particle size between 0.25-0.50 mm and a particle density between 0.5-0.8 g/cm.sup.3.

A shingle coating asphalt composition is provided that is produced from a paving grade asphalt. The asphalt composition comprises a paving-grade asphalt that has been modified with one or more polymer additives; and a secondary additive comprising one or more of a viscosity reducing agent, a wax, a salt of a fatty acid ester, and an amide of a fatty acid. The shingle coating asphalt coating composition is used to make a shingle. The shingle includes a substrate, the asphalt, and roofing granules.

A coating system and related methods for an airfield surface or a roadway is described. The coating system may include a stable cationic emulsion for application to the airfield surface or the roadway. The stable cationic emulsion may include a) an asphalt blend comprising gilsonite, wherein the gilsonite is modified to possess a positive charge, b) one or more polymers, and c) one or more surfactants not including a cationic surfactant. The coating system may also include a fine aggregate material for application to the stable cationic emulsion applied to the airfield surface or the roadway.

Some embodiments relate to a method comprising one or more of the following steps: obtaining asphalt, obtaining at least one hardening agent, mixing the at least one hardening agent with the asphalt, so as to form a hardened asphalt, obtaining at least one polymer, mixing the at least one polymer with the hardened asphalt, so as to form a polymer modified asphalt, obtaining at least one filler, mixing the at least one filler with at least one of the hardened asphalt, the polymer modified asphalt, or any combination thereof, so as to form a filled coating, obtaining a roofing substrate, and applying the filled coating to the roofing substrate, so as to form a roofing shingle.

The present disclosure sets out a method for processing bituminous road surfacing material from a road demolition. The bituminous road surfacing material is in the form of break out material and/or milled material. The following steps are carried out as part of the method: mixing the bituminous road surfacing material with water to form a mixture and adding a peroxide and/or a bicarbonate to the water and/or the mixture, in particular hydrogen peroxide and/or a bicarbonate.

A shingle coating asphalt composition is provided that is produced from a paving grade asphalt. The asphalt composition comprises a paving-grade asphalt that has been modified with one or more polymer additives; and a secondary additive comprising one or more of a viscosity reducing agent, a wax, a salt of a fatty acid ester, and an amide of a fatty acid. The shingle coating asphalt coating composition is used to make a shingle. The shingle includes a substrate, the asphalt, and roofing granules.

A shingle coating asphalt composition is provided that is produced from a paving grade asphalt. The asphalt composition comprises a paving-grade asphalt that has been modified with one or more polymer additives; and a secondary additive comprising one or more of a viscosity reducing agent, a wax, a salt of a fatty acid ester, and an amide of a fatty acid. The shingle coating asphalt coating composition is used to make a shingle. The shingle includes a substrate, the asphalt, and roofing granules.

An asphalt modifier comprising a polyolefin-based copolymer comprising an ethylene-derived monomer unit and a monomer unit having an epoxy group is disclosed. The content of the monomer unit having an epoxy group is 13% by mass or more based on the mass of the polyolefin-based copolymer.

A high-modulus asphalt binder of the present application includes 100 parts by weight of asphalt consisting of natural asphalt and petroleum asphalt in a weight ratio of 20-50:80-50, and 1-10 parts by weight of a modifier, wherein the ash content of the natural asphalt is as high as 60 wt % based on the weight of the natural asphalt, and trichloroethylene insoluble particles having a particle size of 10 microns or more in the asphalt binder are in a volume ratio of 5% or less.