Bitumen is an oil based product used to remove gas and diesel from crude oil. It is commonly referred to as asphalt in America.
Cut-back bitumen uses solvent as the mixing medium where in Emulsion uses water to dilute bitumen for the purpose of tack-coating / road works
why bitumen is used
Mustek manufactures a variety of packed bitumen products. Their bitumen products are produced at the Europoort refinery in Rotterdam, Germany. They produce 3 types of bitumen: penetration bitumen,oxidized bitumen, and hard bitumen.
Bitumen is use as fuel.
Typically, bitumen and "asphalt" are interchangeable.
Bitumen Bi*tu"men
bitumen pitch means road surface
'asphalt' refers to a mixture of mineral aggregate and bitumen (bitumen)is the black liquid which is extracted from the crude oil....
ASTM D6847 gives the procedure for it
cut black bitumen needs a solvent to dilute it whereas emulsion doesn't.
Bitumen is used in place of coal tar in making roads.
It means eyes, black like coal. Bitumen is the British term for coal.