Specifically, the project involves experimentation with Gipave, a graphene-based "superadditive" developed in collaboration with G.Eco (A2A Group), the University of Milan Bicocca and Directa Plus. The material is able to double the lifetime of road pavements, increasing their resistance and reducing their thermal susceptibility (even for large temperature ranges).
A graphene-based asphalt "super additive" that, when mixed with traditional bitumen, can increase the life of road pavements by 250%.
Iterchimica, together with the metropolitan city of Milan, will carry out the reconstruction of some sections of provincial roads with a graphene-based "superadditive".
Four years ago - explains Federica Giannattasio, CEO of Iterchimica - we started studying and designing a graphene additive in our laboratories and testing its effects on asphalts, with impressive results in terms of durability and increased pavement life, taking advantage of a call from the Lombardy Region. Today, together with the Metropolitan City of Milan, we can continue the road tests to collect more data with a project that meets all the requirements of the tender specifications in force in Italy.
Let's wait for the results. If they are positive, it would be a breakthrough.
