Sanqiang Yang, Xiaoyu Zhou, Lusheng Qin et al.
Gilsonite-modified asphalt is one of the hotspots of high-performance modified asphalt research. In this paper, the macroscopic composition and index of gilsonite-modified asphalt are analyzed; gilsonite, matrix asphalt, and modified asphalt with different gilsonite contents were analyzed by high- and low-temperature performance tests, antiaging performance test, four-component test, infrared spectral test, and SEM electroscope scanning test. The results showed that the content of aromatic fraction, colloid, and asphaltene in Buton gilsonite was 3.1%, 95.6%, and 32.9% higher than that of matrix asphalt, respectively. The gilsonite-modified asphalt had better high-temperature performance and antiaging performance. The optimum amount of gilsonite in gilsonite-modified asphalt should be 9%∼15%. The pore structure of gilsonite is more distributed, the surface is rough, which can produce greater cohesion with matrix asphalt, and the compatibility is better.