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Combustion properties of asphalt binder containing flame retardant

Xu, Tao / Huang, Xiaoming

Combustion characteristics of asphalt binder containing flame retardant (magnesium hydroxide, MH) were investigated using thermogravimetry and Fourier transform infrared spectrometer, and multistage combustion model of asphalt binder was developed. The results indicate that the combustion processes of asphalt binder and MH‐modified asphalt binder both include three main sequential stages. But with the MH concentration increase, the release amount of flammable volatiles is reduced, and the asphalt binder ignition time is delayed. Asphalt binder thermal stability is improved by incorporation of MH. At the same MH concentration, the kinetics parameters increase from the first to third stage. But in each stage, the kinetics parameters exhibit an increase trend in the first stage as the MH content increases, but in the second and third stages, the kinetics parameters show a trend of first increase and then decrease. Furthermore, the parameters reach the maximum at the concentration of around 20% by weight. This concentration may be appropriate for flame‐retarding asphalt binder. It is concluded that MH may be used as a new kind of environment‐friendly flame retardant for asphalt binder, and the developed thermal analysis kinetics model can be employed to evaluate the combustion characteristics of asphalt binder. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.