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Oil road bitumen was modified by a copolymer of ethylene with vinyl acetate (EVA) and 3-glycidyloxypropyltrimethoxysilane (epoxysilane). These modifiers were simultaneously introduced into the BND 90/130 oil bitumen at a temperature of 165 °C. The components were mixed up during two hours with further isothermal holding at the same temperature during the required period. Epoxysilane crosslinks bitumen with EVA making it possible to obtain an immiscible bitumen polymer binder. The optimal content of EVA is 12 mph, epoxysilane -3 mph with a mixing time of 4 hours. The optimal bitumen polymer binder is characterized by the following properties: softening point of 66 °C, penetration at 25 °C = 50, penetration index of 2.15, brittleness temperature of -22 ° C. Separation is significantly reduced. NMR spectroscopy has revealed that the introduction of the binding agent to the bitumen-polymer binder does not create low-mobile structures. It allows forecasting the high binder stability during storage and transportation.

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Cement concretes are strong and able to resist external adverse environmental factors, have an increased water absorption and, as a result, insufficient frost resistance and deformability. Therefore, wide use of cement concrete in road construction is limited. Modification of road cement concrete with anionactive bitumen emulsions is a current and promising solution. By introducing small concentrations of bitumen emulsions into cement concrete, one gets a material with the basic properties of cement concrete and the properties of asphalt concrete. Rigid crystallization bonds formed as a result of cement hydration are dominantly present in cement systems, while coagulation type bonds with adhesive properties bitumen prevail in asphalt systems. Depending on the quantitative relationship between these bonds, the deformability of concrete tends to change. The main technological and operational properties of the resulting road cement concrete were investigated. Cement concrete was bituminized by introducing the anionic bitumen emulsions into the concrete mixture (from 0.5% to 8.0% of cement weight), which allowed increasing technological properties of concrete mixture and the performance properties of hardened concrete. This increases mobility, improves deformability of hardened concrete, increases its abrasion resistance, water resistance, frost resistance, reduces shrinkage without reducing the strength properties of road concrete.

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