Pure Experiments Creating New Types of Asphalt Using Oil Waste, Resin Stones and Plant Branchs

Abstract

Road construction projects consist of rigid pavement and flexible pavement. Rigid pavement uses concrete material while flexible pavement uses asphalt material. Flexible pavement is still an option because of its flexible characteristics, but the need for asphalt is still not comparable with the availability of asphalt. Based on previous research, asphalt availability in Indonesia is only 50%, while the remaining 50% is still imported. Besides that, in Indonesia there are a lot of oil waste that can be harmful to living things and the environment. The lack of asphalt and the large amount of oil waste are serious problems that must be addressed, therefore how to overcome the shortage of asphalt as well as handling oil waste. Can oil waste be used and engineered into an innovative product. The solution to this problem is to make a new type of asphalt. This asphalt is made by treating oil waste, damar stones and four kinds of twigs of plants and leaves. This asphalt is produced using pure experimental methods, namely by boiling resin stones using oil waste, sprinkling formula ash made from twigs and leaves of several types of plants. The results of this new type of asphalt experiment are then tested in a laboratory and compared with the characteristics and properties of asphalt penetration 60/70. Based on experimental results it is proven that oil waste and damar stone can be used to make asphalt by adding formula ash from several branches of plants and leaves. This new type of asphalt is a solution to overcome the amount of oil waste and is very useful so that asphalt production in Indonesia increases