“…4, after CIP addition, the surface temperature of the asphalt mixes evidently increases at a different heating interval time, and it is enhanced by 5 • C and by 83 • C for the ordinary asphalt mixes and CIP absorber/asphalt mixes after 60 s heating interval time, respectively, which suggests that CIP addition is responsible for 16 times of heating rate increase. In addition, microwave heating power is the other key factor influencing heating rate, which can be calculated as in formula (11) (11) where f is microwave frequency, GHz; E m is electromagnetic intensity, V/m; f , E m and ε are not changed easily, but tan δ can be changed, which evidently influences microwave heating power. Formula (11) indicates that it is a key measure to enhance the tan δ, which is effective to transform microwave energy into thermal energy.…”