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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 18, 1996
Olga Puzic, Sarnia, CA;
Larry J Evers, Sarnia, CA;
Kenneth E Williamson, Sarnia, CA;
Martin L Gorbaty, Westfield, NJ (US);
Nicholas C Nahas, Chatham, NJ (US);
Alain L Lenack, Rouen, FR;
Exxon Research & Engineering Company, Florham Park, NJ (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a method of making storage-stable road paving binders by blending a minor amount of an unsaturated polymer (e.g., having at least one diene monomer) with a major amount of asphalt at an elevated temperature such that the components are sufficiently fluid to blend; treating the asphalt-polymer blend with a sulfonating agent; and stripping the treated asphalt-polymer blend at an elevated temperature with sufficient stripping gas to remove strippable sulfur moieties and to stabilize the resulting stripped, treated blend. The invention also provides asphaltic compositions made by the method. The asphaltic compositions are useful as binders in road paving applications.