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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2002
James R. Butler, Friendswood, TX (US);
Bill Lee, Humble, TX (US);
James R. Butler, Friendswood, TX (US);
Bill Lee, Humble, TX (US);
Fina Technology, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
It has been discovered that certain nitrogen-containing thiols other than mercaptobenzothiazole (MBT) perform equivalently as accelerators in preparing asphalt polymer compositions. Typically, the crosslinker in these compositions is sulfur. Nitrogen-containing thiols containing at least one functional group —N═(SH)— have been found to be useful alternate accelerators along with activators such as zinc oxides. Particular nitrogen-containing thiols include, but are not necessarily limited to, 2-mercaptobenzoxazole (MBO), 2-mercapto-5-methyl-1,3,4-thiadiazole (MMTD), and combinations thereof.