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Asphalt Pavements: A Practical Guide to Design, Production, and Maintenance for Engineers and Architects

 

Book - Hardback and Electronic Download
April 2007
By Patrick Lavin, VP Construction Chemicals, ArrMaz

The textbook overviews the design, production, and maintenance of asphalt roads and parking lots, incorporating the latest technology. Focuses on low-volume roads and parking areas; determining traffic capacity, required thickness and asphalt mixture type for parking applications. This book is aimed at engineers and architects not directly involved in the asphalt industry. ||

Binder Performance - Georgia test section uses Elvaloy modified ashpalt binder

 

Article in Asphalt Contractor
September 2003
By Patrick Lavin, VP Construction Chemicals, ArrMaz

The use of polymer modified asphalt (PMA) in the United States has increased substantially since the implementation of the Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP). Asphalt cement (AC), in combination with certain modifiers, is required to meet performance grade (PG) specs created by SHRP. These asphalt binders are typically modified with a polymer, such as styrene butadiene styrene (SBS), to meet these requirements || read article

MicroSticker Improves agronomic efficiences in Brazil

Article in Fertilizer International
January/February 2005

ARR-MAZ do Brasil has developed a liquid additive that fixes powdered micronutrients on to the surface of bulk blended NPK fertilizers.This paves the way for the more widespread application of micronutrients in a crucial market, Brazil, as described by John Sinden in the paper he presented at British Sulphur’s Fertilizantes Cono Sur Conference at Punta del Este Uruguay 21-23 November 2004 || read article

Black Magic; Improving HMA Performance with Anti-Strip Additives

By Patrick Lavin, VP Construction Chemicals, ArrMaz and John Snodgress, Valero Asphalt Technical Service

Inadequate drainage, either on top of, or underneath the surface is a primary contributor to pavement damage from stripping. Anti-strip additives are chemicals that improve the resistance of an asphalt pavement to water damage. Anti-strip agents that improve the initial bonding of the asphalt to the aggregate are also called “adhesion promoters”. Adhesion can also be thought of as the aggregate’s affinity for asphalt || read article

Ethyleneamines Product Stewardship Discussion Group AEEA Testing Consortium

By EPSDG EEAA

Abstract
Position Statement of the Ethyleneamines Product Stewardship Discussion Group Aminoethylethanolamine (AEEA) Testing Consortium Regarding Reproductive/Developmental Studies with AEEA in Rats || read paper