TY - JOUR A1 - Weigel, Sandra A1 - Wetekam, J. A1 - Mollenhauer, K. T1 - Identification and classification of PAH in asphalt binders with FTIR spectroscopy and multivariate analysis methods N2 - Reclaimed asphalt pavements (RAP) with increased contents of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) are restricted for reuse due to their harmful effects on humans and the environment. This work investigated whether Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy is suitable for a fast and simple identification and quantification of PAH in binders recovered from reclaimed asphalts. For this, the binders from 34 RAP samples were recovered using a rapid procedure developed at the Universität Kassel and were examined with infrared spectroscopy. The obtained spectra were pre-processed (Standard Normal Variate transformation, 1st derivative) and evaluated using a combination of factor analysis and linear discriminant analysis. The results showed that various PAH groups with differently pronounced aromatic structures are present in the binders. However, with FTIR spectroscopy combined with the multivariate methods, a statistical model was developed allowing for the differentiation between the PAH groups and also for the distinction between PAH contents below or above the threshold of 25 mg/kg valid in Germany. KW - Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons PAH KW - Reclaimed asphalt KW - Rapid procedure for binder extraction KW - FTIR spectroscopy KW - Multivariate analysis methods PY - 2023 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2022.126845 SN - 0016-2361 VL - 337 SP - 1 EP - 7 PB - Elsevier Ltd. AN - OPUS4-56961 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -