The invention relates to the recycling of used rubber products, more specifically to the recycling of Ground Tire Rubber (GTR) from cars and trucks. Provided is a method for reclaiming rubber, comprising the steps of (i) providing a starting material comprising a vulcanized rubber polymer; (ii) subjecting the starting material to mechanical stress and at a temperature of at least 200? C. to achieve at least a partial destruction of the cross-links and the backbone structure of the rubber polymer into fragments; and (iii) reconstituting at least part of the fragments in the presence of a branching/grafting agent to obtain a renewed rubber composition.

A high-grade asphalt composition includes 100 parts by weight of asphalt; 40-80 parts by weight of styrene-isoprene-styrene; 20-60 parts by weight of a polymer resin; 10-50 parts by weight of an anti-rutting agent; 2-15 parts by weight of a filler; 5-30 parts by weight of ceramic nanoparticles; 5-10 parts by weight of a binder; 3-15 parts by weight of an antioxidant; 1-10 parts by weight of a stabilizer; 5-20 parts by weight of a fiber; and 2-20 parts by weight of an adhesion promoter. A construction method is provided using the asphalt composition. The present asphalt composition is not easily rutted, aged and/or stripped. At the same time, the present asphalt can prevent water penetration and potholes, can reduce noise, and enable the roads to be paved at low costs.

An engineered crumb rubber asphalt additive may comprise a plurality of a structural particles and a non-elastomeric liquid. At least a portion of the surface of the structural particles is coated with the non-elastomeric liquid. The structural particles may be crumb rubber particles. The engineered crumb rubber asphalt additive may also comprise a reagent. The non-elastomeric liquid may be selected from the group consisting of workability/compaction agents, slipping agents, and anti-stripping agents.

A bituminous composition that makes it possible to manufacture high modulus mixes; a high modulus bituminous mix and to the use of these mixes in the preparation of road pavements, in particular in the preparation of base layers or foundation layers for road pavements. A process for transporting and/or storing and/or handling this bituminous composition that is solid at ambient temperature and is in divided form.

The present invention provides a functionally dry warm mix asphalt binder composition modified with lubricating agents or additives that can be mixed with aggregate and compacted at temperatures substantially below asphalt binder compositions that do not contain the disclosed lubricating additives.

The invention discloses anchoring of crumb rubber in asphalt using waste plastic particularly polyethylene terephthalate (PET) derived terepthalamide along with bi-functional reactive compounds. The invention also discloses a process for the production of storage stable crumb rubber modified bitumen by incorporating various components such as waste PET, waste crumb rubber powder and bi-functional reactive compounds in bitumen.

An asphalt composition containing asphalt (A) and a composite resin (B), wherein the composite resin (B) contains a polyester resin (b1) unit and a vinyl-based polymer (b2) unit bonded via a covalent bond, wherein the polyester resin (b1) unit contains a structural unit derived from an alcohol component and a structural unit derived from a carboxylic acid component, and the vinyl-based polymer (b2) unit contains a structural unit derived from styrene.

The present invention provides a polymer comprising conjugated diene monomer units and vinyl aromatic monomer units, wherein the polymer has a polymer block (A) comprising principally vinyl aromatic monomer units, and a polymer block (B) comprising conjugated diene monomer units and vinyl aromatic monomer units, and has a Bragg spacing of 27 nm or larger and 50 nm or smaller.

The present invention relates to an asphalt composition for road pavement, which is excellent in drying strength, strength after immersion in water, and bending strength, a method for producing the same, and a road paving method. [1] An asphalt composition for road pavement including asphalt, a polyester resin and an aggregate, wherein the polyester resin is a specific polyester, and the ratio of the polyester resin is 2 parts by mass or more and 30 parts by mass or less based on 100 parts by mass of asphalt; [2] a method for producing an asphalt composition for road pavement, including a step of mixing asphalt, a polyester resin, and an aggregate at 130 C. or higher and 200 C. or lower, wherein the polyester resin is the polyester in [1], and the ratio of the polyester resin is 2 parts by mass or more and 30 parts by mass or less based on 100 parts by mass of asphalt; and [3] a road paving method including a step of laying the asphalt composition obtained by the method of [2], thereby forming an asphalt paving material layer.

An acid modified asphalt binder is combined with an emulsifier solution to produce an emulsified asphalt binder. The acid modified asphalt binder may be formed by combining an asphalt binder, a phosphorous-based acid, and, optionally, a polymer modifier. The emulsifier solution may be produced by forming an aqueous solution of an amine and a phosphorous-based acid, which forms an aqueous solution comprising an amine phosphate. The emulsified asphalt binder may be combined with an aggregate to form a paving material. In other examples, the emulsified asphalt binder may be used alone, for example in a chip seal application, or in a diluted form, for example in a fog seal application.