| Abstract: | Abstract Asphalt aging is a nonreversible first order reaction, and the extent of asphalt aging is usually expressed by the increase of its softening point. In this article, the first order aging kinetic model of asphalt has been put forward based on softening points of asphalt at different aging time, and the kinetic parameters have been obtained. The results showed that the aging of asphalt could be described with softening point and belonged to first order kinetics, which offered a available and convenient method for studying the asphalt aging behavior. The aging resistance of two paving asphalts were also compared by this model. |
