Bitumen is a beneficial material that is used in various industries. More than 85% of the world’s bitumen production is used for road construction, 10% is used in other constructions and 5% is used in a variety of other industries, including insulation.
What is bitumen?
Bitumen is a viscous substance that exists in a liquid to a semi-solid phase. It has a blackish-brown color.
It is generally composed of asphaltene resin and other petroleum compounds.
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Different compositions of bitumen result in different properties.
What is the difference between bitumen, tar, and asphalt?
In the United States, the words bitumen and asphalt are synonymous, but in general, asphalt means the composition of aggregates and bitumen, as a binder, that is used for road construction.
Bitumen is a hydrocarbon substance. It is found naturally or comes through refining processes from crude oil.
Tar is also a dark hydrocarbon material. But the difference between tar and bitumen is in the origin of their production. The tar is obtained through a special distillation process from wood or coal. Coal-based tar is high in benzene, which is cancer-causing.
Tar is mostly used in road construction. The tar wood has been used for thousands of years in northern Europe to waterproof boats, among other uses. Coal fiber and wood also have medicinal properties and are used to treat psoriasis and eradicate germs.
Coal tar has a higher level of benzene. As a result, there is always concern about cancer associated with it.