Bitumen
noun
A black, thick oil substance used to make roads.
The city workers spread bitumen on the road to repair the holes.
Often appears as...
- spread bitumen
- bitumen road
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Technical
noun
A natural, dark, sticky substance similar to tar.
They used bitumen as an adhesive while building walls in ancient times.
Often appears as...
- bitumen adhesive
- bitumen walls
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Historical
noun
A black, thick oil substance used to make roads.
The city workers spread bitumen on the road to repair the holes.
Often appears as...
- spread bitumen
- bitumen road
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A natural, dark, sticky substance similar to tar.
They used bitumen as an adhesive while building walls in ancient times.
Often appears as...
- bitumen adhesive
- bitumen walls
Usage tips
Historical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Industrial Use
Bitumen is often mentioned in infrastructure and construction discussions.
Contractors debated the type of bitumen for the new highway.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Black
While commonly black, bitumen's color can vary depending on its composition.
The bitumen here is more of a dark brown than true black.
Pro Tip 3/3Viscosity Matters
Refers to thickness; when heated, bitumen becomes less viscous and easier to work with.
Heating the bitumen made it simple to pour and shape for the pathway.
Pro Tip 1/3Industrial Use
Bitumen is often mentioned in infrastructure and construction discussions.
Contractors debated the type of bitumen for the new highway.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Black
While commonly black, bitumen's color can vary depending on its composition.
The bitumen here is more of a dark brown than true black.
Pro Tip 3/3Viscosity Matters
Refers to thickness; when heated, bitumen becomes less viscous and easier to work with.
Heating the bitumen made it simple to pour and shape for the pathway.
Pro Tip 1/3Industrial Use
Bitumen is often mentioned in infrastructure and construction discussions.
Contractors debated the type of bitumen for the new highway.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Black
While commonly black, bitumen's color can vary depending on its composition.
The bitumen here is more of a dark brown than true black.
Pro Tip 3/3Viscosity Matters
Refers to thickness; when heated, bitumen becomes less viscous and easier to work with.
Heating the bitumen made it simple to pour and shape for the pathway.
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Erik Schlangen: A...
but we have a solution. Here you see actually how the damage appears in this material. It's a porous asphalt, like I said, so you have only a small amount of binder between the stones. Due to weathering, due to U.V. light, due to oxidation, this binder, this bitumen, the glue between the aggregates is going to shrink,
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Could the sun be good...
than my wife this appears to be a more marked effect and the other thing I should mention was there was no change in bitumen D this is separate from vitamin D so vitamin D is good for you it stops rickets it provides calcium atados important stuff but this is a
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Safari Live - Day 133 PIPE...
photography and it is also a world-class destination for Leopard don't let me don't think because we can get close in person that these animals are tame by no means tame the bitumen process that's gone on for many many years with regards
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Erik Schlangen: A...
but we have a solution. Here you see actually how the damage appears in this material. It's a porous asphalt, like I said, so you have only a small amount of binder between the stones. Due to weathering, due to U.V. light, due to oxidation, this binder, this bitumen, the glue between the aggregates is going to shrink,
Video examples
Could the sun be good...
than my wife this appears to be a more marked effect and the other thing I should mention was there was no change in bitumen D this is separate from vitamin D so vitamin D is good for you it stops rickets it provides calcium atados important stuff but this is a
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Safari Live - Day 133 PIPE...
photography and it is also a world-class destination for Leopard don't let me don't think because we can get close in person that these animals are tame by no means tame the bitumen process that's gone on for many many years with regards
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Elizabeth May
Canadian Politician
In the world of globalization, the fossil fuel masters of the universe who are digging up our boreal forest and our muskeg and scraping out the bitumen would rather have Canadians take all the risks - and then the oceans take the risks to ship it to refineries that they've already built in other countries rather than create jobs for Canadians here.
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Andrew Nikiforuk
Canadian Journalist
Bitumen, the new national staple, is redefining the character and destiny of Canada. Rapid development of the tar sands has created a foreign policy that favours the export of bitumen to the United States and lax immigration standards that champion the import of global bitumen workers.
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Elizabeth May
Canadian Politician
When we talk about product by pipeline or product by rail we need to be highly specific about what product we are shipping and under what terms and for what purpose. Solid bitumen by rail is safe as houses, but as again crude by rail poses different risk.
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Andrew Nikiforuk
Canadian Journalist
Much of the U.S. Midwest is already running on bitumen. Do we want to extend this addiction? And at what cost? Or should we set other goals and say one to two million barrels of oil a day from the tar sands is all we really need to make the transition?
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Elizabeth May
Canadian Politician
The safest way to ship bitumen is by rail. Now, there are other things that you get doing it that way. There's probably more greenhouse gases in shipping it by rail. I think certainly there are.
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Elizabeth May
Canadian Politician
There's a lot of propaganda that contaminates a discussion around what we should do about pipelines, how our economy may or may not be dependent on exports of raw bitumen.
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N. Murray Edwards
Canadian Businessman
From a Canadian partisan perspective, the more we can upgrade bitumen in Canada, the more we can create jobs in value added, in tax revenues for all Canadians.
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Elizabeth May
Canadian Politician
We oppose any pipeline whose sole purpose is to export bitumen from Canada to make profits in other countries.
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Gladys Berejiklian
Australian Politician
I know what difference it makes to a community if a dirt road becomes a bitumen road.
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Elizabeth May
Canadian Politician
It doesn't make sense to have a bitumen export economy.
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Elizabeth May
Canadian Politician
In the world of globalization, the fossil fuel masters of the universe who are digging up our boreal forest and our muskeg and scraping out the bitumen would rather have Canadians take all the risks - and then the oceans take the risks to ship it to refineries that they've already built in other countries rather than create jobs for Canadians here.
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Andrew Nikiforuk
Canadian Journalist
Bitumen, the new national staple, is redefining the character and destiny of Canada. Rapid development of the tar sands has created a foreign policy that favours the export of bitumen to the United States and lax immigration standards that champion the import of global bitumen workers.
Quote examples
Elizabeth May
Canadian Politician
When we talk about product by pipeline or product by rail we need to be highly specific about what product we are shipping and under what terms and for what purpose. Solid bitumen by rail is safe as houses, but as again crude by rail poses different risk.
Quote examples
Andrew Nikiforuk
Canadian Journalist
Much of the U.S. Midwest is already running on bitumen. Do we want to extend this addiction? And at what cost? Or should we set other goals and say one to two million barrels of oil a day from the tar sands is all we really need to make the transition?
Quote examples
Elizabeth May
Canadian Politician
The safest way to ship bitumen is by rail. Now, there are other things that you get doing it that way. There's probably more greenhouse gases in shipping it by rail. I think certainly there are.
Quote examples
Elizabeth May
Canadian Politician
There's a lot of propaganda that contaminates a discussion around what we should do about pipelines, how our economy may or may not be dependent on exports of raw bitumen.
Quote examples
N. Murray Edwards
Canadian Businessman
From a Canadian partisan perspective, the more we can upgrade bitumen in Canada, the more we can create jobs in value added, in tax revenues for all Canadians.
Quote examples
Elizabeth May
Canadian Politician
We oppose any pipeline whose sole purpose is to export bitumen from Canada to make profits in other countries.
Quote examples
Gladys Berejiklian
Australian Politician
I know what difference it makes to a community if a dirt road becomes a bitumen road.
Quote examples
Elizabeth May
Canadian Politician
It doesn't make sense to have a bitumen export economy.
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