Study on Composition and Structure of Liaoshu Asphalt

In this article, the structure characteristics of Liaoshu paving asphalts have been studied by the methods of element analysis, SARA and E-D-M. At same time, the relation between composition and structure and using performance of Liaoshu paving asphalt were established. The experimental results show that carbon and hydrogen contents were more than 95%, the hydrogen/carbon atom ratio was about 1.5 in the Liaoshu paving asphalts. The content of saturates is between 20 and 25% in the Liaoshu paving asphalt, aromatics 35 and 40%, resin 25 and 30%, and asphaltene 8 and 10%. There are 45 carbon atoms in the average asphalt molecule, which contain 16-17 aromatic carbon atoms. The number of total ring in the average asphalt molecule is 5-6, the aromatic ring is 3-4, and the naphthene ring is 1-2.