Highly viscous, black material obtained from the destillation of petroleum.
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Examples for "bitumen "
Examples for "bitumen "
1 How far did the bitumen and gravel travel on fossil fuel-spewing trucks?
2 Making liquid fuels from bitumen requires energy for steam injection and refining.
3 With MacRebur's groundbreaking technology, bitumen can be extended with recycled plastic materials.
4 Clay and the other fine particles are separated from the bitumen - coated beads.
5 The Packhorse creaked under the weight of timber and drums of bitumen .
1 Thus petroleum may separate from the gas as asphaltum separates from petroleum.
2 Cobblestones were left behind; the large wheels skimmed the fair asphaltum .
3 The grade of the oil was 22 Baume gravity with an asphaltum base.
4 For some distance round the column is laid the asphaltum pavement.
5 The addition of natural asphaltum doubtless caused the name of " asphaltum roofing paper."
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