ASPHALT Flashcards
It is a dark brown to black cementitious material in semisolid or solid form, consisting of bitumen found in deposits of natural asphalt.
Asphalt.
A manufactured of asphalt is produced from residues from the _______.
Distillation of petroleum.
It provides the raw material for the manufacturing of most asphalt used today.
Petroleum.
It is a mixture of organic liquids made of complex hydrocarbons that occur naturally or are heat-produced from materials like coal and wood.
Bitumen.
Bitumen can be made from _____, such as sugar, molasses, and rice, corn and potato starches.
Non-petroleum-based renewable resources.
Bitumen can also be made from waste material through ______ of used motor oils, which are otherwise disposed of by burning or dumping into landfills.
Fractional distillation.
