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Appendix

Figure C3-1 Analysis of Solubility Performance based on Values of Hildebrand Solubility Parameter

Parameter (total) appears to be the factor differentiating

solution from insolubility8.
In Figure C3-1 its clear that when the value of Hildebrand Solubility Parameter is between about 18 and 20
MPa1/2 the solvent is most effective (red bars) for bitumen,
and outside that range it is not as effective (green bars).
Note in Table C3-4 that a wide variety of individual values
of polar and hydrogen bonding solubility parameters are
manifested by the 11 solvents which have Hildebrand
Solubility Parameters in the 18 to 20 MPa1/2 range, and
values of Solubility Grade 1 for all 15 coded samples of
bitumen. The reason for this outcome is uncertain. But it
appears to be the factor that differentiates between those
that dissolve bitumen well or poorly.
Nonetheless, Hansen Solubility Parameters are the
most effective technology for predicting the solubility of

single or multiple-component soils in solvents. There is

no second choice. That their prediction of outcomes is
at least as reliable as most human judgments should
be taken as a virtue and not a debit. HSP may not be
legal tender and without aw, but they are the gold
standard!

Endnotes
A. Hansen CM. Hansen Solubility Parameters: A User's Handbook, 2nd
Ed. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press; June 2007. ISBN 0849372488;
Redelius, Per, Hansen Solubility Parameters of Asphalt, Bitumen,
and Crude Oils, Chapter 9, pp. 151e176. See Table 9.1 for the
data.

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It must be recognized that the author of the reference from which
these data were taken reaches the opposite conclusion. It would appear
that his conclusion is based on consideration of only one bitumen code
(1), and all values of Solubility Grade. The conclusion above is based on
all 15 coded samples, and only a Solubility Grade of 1.

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