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| bitumen A generic term applied to natural inflammable substances of variable colour, hardness, and volatility, composed principally of a mixture of hydrocarbons substantially free from oxygenated bodies. Bitumens are sometimes associated with mineral matter, the nonmineral constituents being fusible and largely soluble in carbon disulfide, yielding water-insoluble sulfonation products. Petroleum, asphalts, natural mineral waxes, and asphaltites are all considered bitumens | |||
| asphalt; asphalt cement; bitumen | |||
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| bitumen: 41 phrases in 7 subjects |
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| Construction | 5 |
| General | 4 |
| Industry | 5 |
| Materials science | 1 |
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| Transport | 4 |