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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2007
Filed:
May. 07, 2004
Alan E. Goliaszewski, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Paul R. Hart, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Fang Deng, Ivyland, PA (US);
Ping Lue, Boothwyn, PA (US);
Alan E. Goliaszewski, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Paul R. Hart, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Fang Deng, Ivyland, PA (US);
Ping Lue, Boothwyn, PA (US);
General Electric Company, Fairfield, CT (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to compositions and methods for providing an improved means of modifying asphalt with a polymer. More particularly, this invention provides a crosslinking system to improve the properties of polymer modified asphalt. Compositions of the present invention contain asphalt, a rubber or elastomeric polymer, and a crosslinkable component, particularly a bismaleimide or a bismaleimide in combination with a difunctional crosslinkable monomer.