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Bitumen is an oil based substance. It is a semi-solid hydrocarbon product produced by removing the lighter fractions (such as liquid petroleum gas, petrol and diesel) from heavy crude oil during the refining process. As such it is correctly known as refined bitumen. In North America, bitumen is commonly known as “Asphalt cement” or “Asphalt”. |
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While elsewhere “asphalt” is the term used for a mixture of small stones, sand, filler and bitumen, which is used as a road paving material. The asphalt mixture contains approximately five per cent bitumen. The vast majority of refined bitumen is used in construction. Not in itself an end-product, bitumen’s primary use is as a constituent of products used in paving and roofing applications. |