Because of the high hydrocarbon content in it....
the black colour absorbs all the colour and reflects nothing.this is why it appears black in colour. :) lillyXOXO
Black is a colour and an absence of colour. It is all the colours if you get what i mean. It is the absence of light.
black
no black is dark in colour
Because , Black is the absence of light.
tar
Asphalt pitch is a black substance that is used to repair roads. Asphalt pitch is the liquid form of tar.
asphalt in its early stages?
Black is the colour of the tar used to surface the road. Tar and bitumen are two important binders for road making. Tar is a by- product of coke and bitumen come from refining crude petroleum.
Asphalt (petroleum tar) mixed with gravel.
Road tar is made from coal. Asphalt is a heavy fraction of petroleum.
Asphalt coal tar Tar sands Brown coal
Tar is known as Asphalt fossils. Asphalt preserve only hard parts of organisms such as teeth, bones and the outer shells of spiecies. Countless numbers of these fossils are preserved in tar pits.
Asphalt is a sticky, black and viscous liquid present in most crude petroleum's. There is a Pitch Lake in Trinidad, La Brea Tar Pits in California, and Guanaco Lake in Venezuela
A tar pit, or more accurately known as an asphalt pit or asphalt lake, is a geological occurrence where subterranean bitumen leaks to the surface, creating a large area of natural asphalt.[1][2]
It is in some places. These days asphalt and tar have apparently come to have the same meaning ;- A dark bituminous product from coal or petroleum ,used in surfacing roads.
It's the same thing as roofing tar.