ASPHAPRIME

Physical Properties :

“AsphaPrime” is brownish yellow clear liquid at room temperature with characteristic sweet odour. This product is completely miscible with water, cationic bitumen emulsions and polar solvents. As this product is used in very low dose, it does not have any significant effect on physical properties of residual bitumen used for WMM priming application towards Penetration, Softening Point, Ductility etc. However the chemical properties are changed enormously as the residual bitumen becomes more adaptive to the pore diffusion, pore sealing and effective waterproofing through nano-silicon matrix helping better bonding with silicious substrates. 

“AsphaPrime” is based on reactive organosilicon nano-technology fortified with easy-spray additives and tack control polymers. When it is mixed with water, the reactive silicon groups convert themselves into more hydrophilic silanol groups and rearrange in complex matrix with other soluble polymers. when this water dilution of “AsphaPrime” is mixed with prime coat grade cationic bitumen emulsions, many complex reactions take place with different components of bitumen emulsions. For example, easy-spray additives enhance micellar coating of bitumen particles with emulsifier which prevents agglomeration on dilution. The reactive molecular silicon particles remain well suspended in water phase and becomes active on application of this emulsion on road substrate (WMM) where it assist in formation of a stable covalent bond (bridge) between bitumen and application surface. Effective waterproofing is achieved by sealing of pores by reactive silicon molecules acting as bridge between residual bitumen and substrate.