Stiffer and Tougher
The mastic achieves enhanced viscoelastic performance through selective molecular adsorption and nanostructural reconstruction between bitumen and limestone/basalt minerals.
Liu, Zhiyang · Haipeng, Wang · Gong, Xiangbing · Peng, Cui · Wei, Hongrui
Sustainability 2023
Limestone mastic has higher linear viscoelastic modulus than basalt below 35 °C, with ratio up to 1.18
Basalt mastic modulus surpasses limestone above 50 °C, with maximum ratio 2.17
Limestone mastic failure strain and failure modulus ratios reach 1.60 and 1.32, respectively