Journal of Chemical Engineering & Process Technology
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Biography

Cesare Oliviero Rossi, Department of Chemistry and Chemical technologies, University of Calabria, Via P. Bucci, Cubo 14/D – 87036 Arcavacata, Italy Cesare Oliviero Rossi was born in 1974 in Cosenza, Italy and he received his Degree in Chemistry, with full graduating marks and cum laude, from the University of Calabria, in 1997 and his PhD in “Chemical Sciences” at the same University in January 10, 2002, working on structural characterization of lyotropic systems. 

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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