Journal of Chemical Engineering & Process Technology
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Italy

Biography

Caputo Paolino obtained his PhD in Life Science and Technology from the University of Calabria, Italy. He is currently a post-doc researcher in the department of Chemistry and Chemical Technologies at the University of Calabria. He is also an afferent of the National Inter-University Consortium of Materials Science and Technology (INSTM) which is the largest consortium of its kind in Italy, drawing on the expertise of not less than 50 universities – and all those that are active in Italy in researching advanced materials and technologies.

Publications

• Value Added Abstract   
  Study of the physico-chemical properties of aged bitumen treated with softening and rejuvenating additives
  Author(s): Caputo Paolino and Cesare Oliviero Rossi
  
  Bitumen is a black, soft viscoelastic material which is made up of several components (predominantly hydrocarbons and their derivatives). It is obtained by fractional distillation during petroleum industry refinery processes of crude oil. Bitumen is a complex solid or semisolid colloidal dispersion of asphaltenes in a continuous oily phase of saturated paraffins, aromatics and resins. The chemical composition of bitumen is largely dependent on the initial crude oil and the cracking process carried out on it. Bitumen is widely used as a binder for asphalt mixes in the construction of pavements throughout the world. Bitumen is easily oxidized during paving and pavement service life, especially under thermal and/or ultraviolet radiation (UV) conditions. Oxidized bitumen is very hard because at high temperatures, its aromatic components and resins which are responsible for a certain grade.. View More»
  

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