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Bitumen - Definition and Overview |
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Bitumen is a category of organic liquids which are highly viscous, black, sticky and wholly soluble in carbon disulfide. Asphalt and tar are the most common forms of bitumen.
In British English, 'bitumen' is often used interchangeably with both 'asphalt' and 'tar'. In American English, 'bitumen' is most commonly used in engineering jargon to explicitly include both asphalt and tar based materials. In Australian English, 'bitumen' is used as the generic term for road surfaces.
Vessels for heating of Bitumen or bituminous compounds are a usual exclusion of public liability insurance policies.
Bitumen is obtained by using a fractional column. This distills fraction of different compunds from crude oil. Bitumen being the heaviest and being the fraction with the highest boiling point, it appears as the bottommost fraction.
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Example Usage of Bitumen |
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rigginsconst: (Bitumen cont.) derivitive which may be gaseous, liquid, semi-solid, or solid, and which are completely soluble in carbon disulfide. |
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rigginsconst: Bitumen: mixtures of hydrocarbons, natural or pyrogenous origin or combinations of both, frequently accompanied by their non-metallic |
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