Overview
In view of the environment friendly and user-friendly approach bitumen emulsions have their own importance in the field of road constructions. Cationic emulsion is an emulsion produced by suspension of bitumen particles in water to form a stable emulsion using emulsifiers and stabilizers. Cationic emulsions are positively charged particles.
Bitumen is actually pourable at elevated temperature above 150 Deg C hence it becomes expensive to heat bitumen for road application whereas bitumen emulsions are pourable at ambient room temperatures. This product is used for pothole repairs, tack coat, surface dressing, stress absorbing membrane (SAM) , fog seal and as a primer in all road constructions.
This is some time substitute of bitumen 80/100 or VG 10 comparatively economic than bitumen VG-10.
This product can be used without heating and we save fuel cost and labors cost. Bitumen emulsions are classified into different categories based on their setting times, which determine how quickly the emulsion breaks down, and the bitumen particles coalesce.