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ARTIFICIAL ASPHALT [2 records]

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Record 1 2004-08-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petroleum Asphalts
  • Black Products (Petroleum)
DEF

A brown to black solid or semi-solid bituminous substance occurring in nature, but also obtained as the residue from the refining of certain petroleums and then known as artificial asphalt.

OBS

In America the term [asphalt] is used both for the naturally occurring product and that obtained from the distillation of petroleum. Elsewhere the artificial asphalt is usually called bitumen.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bitumes
  • Produits noirs (Pétrole)
OBS

En France, le terme «asphalte naturel» (ou, en abrégé, «asphalte») désigne une roche naturellement imprégnée de bitume, alors que «asphalte artificiel» s'applique à un produit constitué de matières minérales inertes enrobées de bitume.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Asfaltos de petróleo
  • Productos negros (Petróleo)
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Record 2 2001-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petroleum Asphalts
  • Road Construction Materials
DEF

Artificial asphalt: brown to black solid or semisolid bituminous substance ... obtained as the residue from the refining of certain petroleums.

CONT

Petroleum asphalt is produced in all consistencies from light road oils to heavy, high-viscosity industrial types.

CONT

The solid hydrocarbons may be subdivided into four main groups: petroleum bitumens, pyrobitumens, disseminated bitumens and oxygen-bearing bitumens. The petroleum bitumens can be subdivided into the asphaltic bitumens and the mineral waxes.

CONT

There are some fifty different types of petroleum bitumen, each intended for a specific range of applications.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bitumes
  • Matériaux de constr. (Voies de circulation)
DEF

Bitume [...] fabriqué industriellement à partir des pétroles bruts d'où l'on extrait, au préalable, les fractions les plus légères.

DEF

Produit provenant de la distillation du pétrole.

CONT

Les bitumes se divisent en bitumes naturels [...], et en bitumes de pétroles [...]

Spanish

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