Small Study on Comparing the Presence of Asphaltenes and Maltenes in VG-30 Bitumen With RTFOT (Rolling Thin Film Oven Test)

India is a developing country and has large transport network with flexible pavements containing Bitumen on its top . The transport network is the life blood of new society, for this the bitumen ageing is the key factors for determining the life time of a pavement. process of ageing involves chemical and physical properties, the changing properties of bitumen makes the bitumen brittle and it leads to failure so knowing bitumen ageing is necessary. The present study is an attempt to focus on main properties of bitumen i.e.(Asphaltenes and Maltenes) by short term ageing by RTFOT (Rolling Thin Film Oven Test).The outcome of this study leads the comparison of bitumen properties of VG-30 aged bitumen and VG-30 un-aged bitumen with the presence of asphaltenes and maltenes with some basic tests.