61 巻 (1982) 2 号 p. 98-108
12 Kinds of asphalts were fractionated by the usual composition analytical method to give asphaltenes, maltenes, and waxy substances. Their contents show fairly good relationships with softening temperatures, and 1/T2 values of asphalts.
Pulsed- and high resolution-NMR measurements were made of the fractions of 8 asphalts out of 12 asphalts.
Asphaltenes from all the asphalts were thought to have almost same structures and characters (T2≅12 μsec), and their contents vary with the asphalts.
Maltenes had no characteristic structures owing to the imperfect fractionation employed in this study, and their content in the asphalt is the largest.