摘要:
Methods of reducing toxic emissions from coal tar or asphalt compositions. The methods include providing an initial composition including coal tar, a coal tar emulsion, or asphalt and adding a rheological modifier to the initial composition to form a reduced emission composition, wherein the rheological modifier includes a tall oil saponified in an anhydrous strong base and wherein the reduced emission composition releases less toxic emissions into the atmosphere than the initial composition itself would otherwise release. Further, reduced emission compositions for reducing toxic emissions that would otherwise occur in coal tar compositions or asphalt compositions. The reduced emission compositions include an initial composition including coal tar, a coal tar emulsion, or asphalt; and a chemical rheological modifier including a tall oil saponified in an anhydrous strong base.