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CRUDE BITUMEN [3 records]

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Record 1 2014-12-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petroleum Asphalts
  • Black Products (Petroleum)
  • Crude Oil and Petroleum Products
DEF

Very viscous or nearly solid, virtually involatile, adhesive and waterproofing material derived from crude petroleum, or present in natural bitumen, which is completely or nearly completely soluble in toluene and completely soluble in carbon disulfide. [Definition standardized by ISO.]

OBS

In the USA, "asphalt" is used for "bitumen" whereas it is used in the UK for a bituminous mixture.

OBS

asphalt: In America the term is used both for the naturally occurring product and that obtained from the distillation of petroleum.

OBS

bitumen; asphalt: terms standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bitumes
  • Produits noirs (Pétrole)
  • Pétroles bruts et dérivés
DEF

Matériau très visqueux ou presque solide, pratiquement non volatil, adhésif et hydrofuge, dérivé du pétrole brut ou présent dans le bitume naturel, qui est entièrement soluble dans le toluène ou presque et entièrement soluble dans le sulfure de carbone. [Définition normalisée par l'ISO.]

OBS

On utilise le bitume pour le conditionnement des déchets nucléaires; on parle d'enrobage, d'incorporation des déchets dans le bitume. Voir l'exemple qui suit, de même que la fiche «bitumage», qui décrit cette opération.

CONT

Les bitumes [...] ont résisté pendant des millénaires au contact de certains sols. Leur mise en œuvre en tant que matrice d'enrobage de déchets de procédé [...] date des années 1960.

PHR

Enrobage, incorporation dans le bitume.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Asfaltos de petróleo
  • Productos negros (Petróleo)
  • Petróleo bruto y derivados
DEF

Producto negro viscoso, sólido, compuesto por hidrocarburos y por sus derivados, soluble en sulfuro de carbono, combustible, residuo de la destilación del alquitrán.

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Record 2 2001-06-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petroleum Asphalts
  • Petroleum Deposits
CONT

The crude bitumen reserves of the Peace River area occur in the Bluesky and Gething Formations of Lower Cretaceous age.

OBS

reserves: term rarely used in the singular (reserve).

Key term(s)
  • crude bitumen reserve

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bitumes
  • Gisements pétrolifères
OBS

réserves : terme rarement utilisé au singulier (réserve).

Key term(s)
  • réserve de bitume brut

Spanish

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Record 3 1989-03-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Documents and Works
  • Petroleum Asphalts

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de documents et d'œuvres
  • Bitumes

Spanish

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