asphalt concrete

material used for paving roads
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asphalt concrete

Summary

asphalt concrete ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,032 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • asphalt concrete is a type of composite material[2].
  • asphalt concrete is used for road surface[3].
  • asphalt concrete's Commons category is recorded as Asphalt concrete[4].
  • asphalt concrete comprises construction aggregate[5].
  • asphalt concrete comprises bitumen[6].
  • asphalt concrete's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Asphalt concrete[7].
  • asphalt concrete's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as surface=asphalt[8].
  • asphalt concrete's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[9].
  • asphalt concrete's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[10].
  • asphalt concrete's different from is recorded as rock asphalt[11].
  • asphalt concrete's different from is recorded as concrete[12].
  • asphalt concrete's different from is recorded as concrete surface[13].
  • asphalt concrete's different from is recorded as tarmac[14].
  • asphalt concrete's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000459[15].

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Definition and Type

asphalt concrete is a type of composite material[2].

Use and Application

asphalt concrete is used for road surface[3]. Components include construction aggregate[5] and bitumen[6].

Why It Matters

asphalt concrete ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,032 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 43 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
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  9. [10] . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . Environment Ontology. Retrieved . raw.githubusercontent.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has parts
    Has part(s) construction aggregate, bitumen
    Subclass of composite material
    Topic's main category Category:Asphalt concrete
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 5420, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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