TY - BOOK ID - 77908434 TI - Polymers in asphalt PY - 2004 SN - 1280856521 9786610856527 1615830510 1847350488 9781847350480 9781615830510 1859575072 9781859575079 PB - Shawbury, U.K. : Rapra Technology Ltd., DB - UniCat KW - Pavements, Asphalt KW - Polymers KW - Asphalt KW - Pavements, Bituminous KW - Pavements, Flexible KW - Additives. KW - Mechanical properties. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77908434 AB - Modifiers have been used to improve the performance of asphalt/aggregate mixtures for building roads for over the past hundred years and during that time the industry has evolved into a sophisticated sector that is heavily regulated by national and European standards. The modifiers used take many different forms: polymers, latex, and many chemical additives. Determining how modifiers actually affect the performance of a mixture and establishing construction quality control procedures for these modifiers can be extremely difficult. In the past these difficulties have caused many specifying agen ER -