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Figure 16 Comparisons <strong>of</strong> asphalt SEC chromatograms using four different carrier<br />

solvents. (From Ref. 12, p. 225.)<br />

Flow rate has much the same effect. Brulé (12) injected the same sample size<br />

at different flow rates <strong>and</strong> found that the percentage <strong>of</strong> LMS increased with flow<br />

rate. Despite the great dilution in the carrier solvent, the dissociation rate is<br />

sufficiently slow that the results largely reflect the state in the injected solution.<br />

Thus the faster the flow, the less dissociation had occurred. McCaffrey used<br />

this effect to obtain three peaks using a flow rate <strong>of</strong> 3.5 mL/min <strong>and</strong> 95:5<br />

chlor<strong>of</strong>orm:methanol (90).<br />

Brulé also ran asphalt samples at extended intervals following preparation:<br />

4 h <strong>and</strong> 7, 14, <strong>and</strong> 21 days. In these samples the LMS region increased with<br />

aging. This involves the phenomenon <strong>of</strong> solvent hardening that occurs,<br />

particularly in dilute solutions, in all solvents <strong>and</strong> increases rapidly with<br />

increasing temperature. Burr et al. (35,89) gave results for a variety <strong>of</strong> solvents<br />

<strong>and</strong> asphalts, but <strong>of</strong> particular significance is the infrared spectra for five<br />

asphalts after two days at room temperature in 15% ethanol in trichloroethylene.<br />

The viscosity <strong>of</strong> the recovered asphalts increased from 50 to 90%, <strong>and</strong> all but<br />

one <strong>of</strong> the asphalts showed significant changes in infrared spectra. The changes<br />

were different for each asphalt, however, <strong>and</strong> were not correlated with the<br />

viscosity changes. Because the exposure to solvent changes the SEC<br />

chromatograms with time, samples should generally be run the same day they<br />

are prepared.<br />

© 2004 by Marcel Dekker, Inc.

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