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bitumen
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
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2009
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bi·tu·men
/ biˈt(y)oōmən; bī-/
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n.
a black viscous mixture of hydrocarbons obtained naturally or as a residue from petroleum distillation. It is used for road surfacing and roofing.
DERIVATIVES: bi·tu·mi·nous adj.
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Reportlinker Adds Bitumen Market Research.
PR Newswire; 10/6/2009; 700+ words
; ...Classification of heavy oils and bitumens 1.7 Bitumen reserves 1.8 Chemical structure...Classification of heavy oils and bitumens 1.7 Bitumen reserves 1.8 Chemical structure...further processing into road bitumens 3.10 Bitumen consumers in Russia 3.11...
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Bitumen Market Research - A Comprehensive Report Featuring Major Bitumen Producers, Prices, Supply and Demand Conditions, etc.
M2 Presswire; 11/13/2009; 700+ words
; ...of heavy oils and bitumens 1.7. Bitumen reserves 1.8. Chemical...Road and construction bitumens in Russia 3.3. Bitumen-producing companies...Russian market of bitumen-based roofing materials 3.6. Bitumens produced in Russia...
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Modified bitumen roofing moves to the top.
Magazine article from: Buildings; 10/1/1989; ; 700+ words
; ...alternating layers of bitumen and reinforcing sheets. Bitumens provide the waterproofing...the job site, the bitumen is usually heated...which these modified bitumens and reinforcing materials...offer several modified bitumen roofing systems...
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Effect of bitumen wax on asphalt mixture performance.
Magazine article from: Construction and Building Materials; 11/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...rheological effect of bitumen waxes and the impact of waxy bitumens on asphalt mixture...waxy and non-waxy bitumens were relatively small...presence of wax in bitumen resulted in physical...temperatures. Using waxy bitumens, asphalt mixtures...
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Alberta's Bitumen Production Forecast To Continue To Grow; Alberta expected to produce over 3 million barrels of oil per day by 2018.
M2 Presswire; 6/11/2009; 700+ words
; ...Government of Alberta: Alberta's Bitumen Production Forecast To Continue To Grow...Alberta's diverse energy resources: bitumen, crude oil, natural gas, natural gas...The ERCB expects Alberta's annual bitumen production to increase to more than one...
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Effect of ageing on bitumen chemistry and rheology.
Magazine article from: Construction and Building Materials; 2/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...of ageing on bitumen chemistry and...studied. Seven bitumens were aged according...Keywords: Bitumens; Ageing; Chemical...Introduction Bitumen ageing is one...were used to age bitumens. The effect of ageing on bitumen chemistry and...
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Decay properties of the foamed bitumens.
Magazine article from: Construction and Building Materials; 12/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...of two foamed bitumens. Foaming tests...two types of bitumen: Penetration...60 and PG 100 bitumen, respectively. Two bitumens' decay functions...decay property of bitumen can be described...function. Different bitumens have different...
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Interpretation of bitumen recovery data from batch extraction tests.
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering; 10/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...extraction tests are used to simulate commercial bitumen recovery processes and to estimate the bitumen recovery that can be expected from a given...Canada Limited in the early 1970s to simulate bitumen recovery from the Clark hot water process...
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Self-adhered modified bitumen systems. (Technical Details).
Magazine article from: Roofing Contractor; 5/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...introduction of self-adhered modified bitumen systems (SAMBs). These types of systems...counter safety concerns associated with hot bitumen and torch applications and environmental...far from conventional wisdom of modified bitumen sheet adhesion. Modified bitumen sheets...
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EnCana updates bitumen reserves.
PR Newswire; 2/1/2005; 700+ words
; ...2004, it will remove its Foster Creek bitumen reserves from the proved category. An estimated 363 million barrels of bitumen, which includes 2004 reserve additions...refinery price differential between bitumen and West Texas Intermediate (WTI...
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bitumen
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
bitumen a generic term referring to flammable, brown or black mixtures of tarlike...including asphalt, tars, and natural mineral waxes. Substances containing bitumens are called bituminous, e.g., bituminous coal, tar, or pitch.
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Bitumen
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology
Bitumen Bitumen was greatly used in magical practices. Images for the purpose of sympathetic magic were often made of this sub-stance, and it was also used in ceremonies for the cleansing of houses in which any uncleanness had appeared —...
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Boral Limited
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
...Public Company Incorporated: 1946 as Bitumen & Oil Refineries (Australia) Limited...and timber. Boral, originally known as Bitumen & Oil Refineries (Australia) Limited...assistance for three years. In return, Bitumen & Oil guaranteed Caltex a supply...
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Western Oil Sands Inc.
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories, Volume 85
...which produces synthetic oil from the bitumen found in the oil sands deposits, about...s Alberta province. In addition to bitumen, oil sands are comprised of sand, mineral...that serve to separate the sand from the bitumen. Almost two tons of oil sands have to...
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Balfour Beatty plc
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
...large amounts of the petroleum compound bitumen. Spurred by the recent developments in...insulating electric wire using vulcanized bitumen, a tarlike, elastic substance that could...Salisbury ’ s home, vulcanized bitumen-insulated wire proved to be excellent...
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