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Bitumen process
Bitumen process Bi*tu"men proc"ess (Photog.) Any process in which advantage is taken of the fact that prepared bitumen is rendered insoluble by exposure to light, as in photolithography.
elastic bitumen
Elaterite El"a*ter*ite, n. (Min.) A mineral resin, of a blackish brown color, occurring in soft, flexible masses; -- called also mineral caoutchouc, and elastic bitumen.

Meaning of BITUMEN from wikipedia

- Bitumen (UK: /ˈbɪtʃʊmɪn/ BIH-chuum-in, US: /bɪˈtjuːmɪn, baɪ-/ bih-TEW-min, by-) is an immensely viscous constituent of petroleum. Depending on its exact...
- sand, clay, and water, soaked with bitumen (a dense and extremely viscous form of petroleum). Significant bitumen deposits are reported in Canada, Kazakhstan...
- Bitumen of Judea is a sort of natural tar known from ancient times. It is a naturally occurring asphalt used since ancient times as a wood colorant, and...
- known as the Athabasca tar sands, are large deposits of oil sands rich in bitumen, a heavy and viscous form of petroleum, in northeastern Alberta, Canada...
- stone and mountain oils, Antarctic shilajit, lofor, or aqua bitum. balsam bitumen of Judea creosote elaterite mummia ozokerite propolis resin wax Wilson...
- "powdered human mummies". It originated from Arabic mūmiyā "a type of resinous bitumen found in Western Asia and used curatively" in traditional Islamic medicine...
- (diluted bitumen) is a bitumen diluted with one or more lighter petroleum products, typically natural-gas condensates such as naphtha. Diluting bitumen makes...
- Bitumen-based fuel is fuel specifically developed for industrial use. Raw bitumen, processed from Bituminous rocks, has an extremely high viscosity. Bitumen...
- asphalt in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Asphalt most often refers to: Bitumen, also known as "liquid asphalt cement" or simply "asphalt", a viscous form...
- The Refined Bitumen ****ociation is the trade ****ociation for UK bitumen companies. It was formed in 1968. In 2000, it formed the Asphalt Industry Alliance...