14 example sentences using bitumen.
Bitumen used in a sentence
Bitumen in a sentence as a noun
I have had bitumen melt onto my shoes in summer though.
Filthy lignite production is twice as high and bitumen is ten times as high.
This will probably continue until the oil/bitumen/gas is gone.
No one has mentioned recycling plastics in bitumen.
And they flew a helicopter over roads to find more pellets that had been hidden in bitumen!
Tar sands/bitumen/whatever you want to call it is crude oil, it's just really viscous, really dirty crude oil.
That's the current reported bitumen content in the tarsands.
I dont know but I do know that chemival weapons were used in ancient times, typically burning bitumen.
It reduces the bitumen used and improves the quality of flexible pavements, resistace to wear and tear.
This would solve the emissions issue that everyone complains about, but then there would be nuclear waste being generated to create bitumen.
In Australia, the heat melting the bitumen is infinitely more likely than water damage.
One random mistake in the article is the characterization of bitumen production in Alberta.
I've heard the tar sands described as a massive indirect gas liquefaction plant -- it's economical because direct GTL is less efficient than gas -> steam -> bitumen -> liquids.
Simply said, this technique allows maintenance workers to heat the bitumen up uniformly, allowing it to flow and fix its own small cracks and brittleness, and avoiding larger damages over time.
Bitumen definitions
any of various naturally occurring impure mixtures of hydrocarbons