asphaltene
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asphaltene
(a′sföl′tēn)
(materials) Any of the dark, solid constituents of crude oils and other bitumens which are soluble in carbon disulfide but insoluble in paraffin naphthas; they hold most of the organic constituents of bitumens.
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