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Abstract

An asphalt composition containing an asphalt, a copolymer of an olefin with an anhydride or a nitrile, and an unsaturated elastomer having at least two terminal groups each with an active hydrogen, a halogen, an epoxy oxygen or a cyanocarbon. The composition may be prepared by copolymerizing an olefin with an anhydride or a nitrile in the presence of a free radical initiator, and thereafter mixing the copolymer with the asphalt and elastomer. The copolymer may be mixed first with a petroleum oil, then with the elastomer and lastly with the asphalt. The copolymer may be a polyanhydride from maleic anhydride and 1-octadecene and the elastomer may be a hydroxy-terminated polybutadiene.

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