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Is asphalt is a kind of cement?

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15y ago
Updated: 8/18/2019

Asphalt is the thickest part of crude oil after all the lighter parts have been refined out of it. Mixed with sand and small gravel it is put down, compacted and get hard when it cools. The oil hold the sand and gravel in place, but it is not a cement like glue.

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