Abstract
Abstract Asphalt obtained from a refinery in Montreal was dissolved in toluene then fractionated in a preparative gel permeation chromatograph (prep.-GPC). Twenty-three fractions differing widely in molecular weights were collected and characterized by analytical GPC, viscometry, vapor pressure osmometry (VPO), element analyses, infrared spectroscopy (IR), and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR). Similar studies were also carried out, for comparison purposes, on aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons to elucidate structure information on the different asphalt fractions. The GPC chromatograms of the fractions generally revealed narrow distributions indicating that their separation into different component groups has been reasonably well achieved. The number-average molecular weights [mbar]n of the fractions, as computed from their GPC chromatograms making use of the calibration curve prepared with polystyrene, polyoxypropylene glycol, and polyoxyethylene glycol, did not correspond to those obtained ...
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