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bitumen

form of petroleum primarily used in road construction
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bitumen

Summary

bitumen ranks in the top 0.58% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,728 views/month, #454 of 77,819).[1]

Key Facts

  • bitumen is made of rock asphalt[2].
  • bitumen is a type of building material[3].
  • bitumen is a type of film former[4].
  • bitumen is a type of petroleum product[5].
  • bitumen is used for waterproofing[6].
  • bitumen is used for building material[7].
  • bitumen's Commons category is recorded as Bitumen[8].
  • bitumen's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Bitumen[9].
  • bitumen's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[10].
  • bitumen's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[11].
  • bitumen's different from is recorded as bitumen of Judea[12].
  • bitumen's different from is recorded as rock asphalt[13].
  • bitumen's different from is recorded as asphalt concrete[14].
  • bitumen's different from is recorded as tar[15].
  • bitumen's produced by is recorded as petroleum[16].
  • bitumen's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[17].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include building material[3], film former[4], and petroleum product[5].

Use and Application

Recorded has use include waterproofing[6] and building material[7].

Why It Matters

bitumen ranks in the top 0.58% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,728 views/month, #454 of 77,819).[1] bitumen has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] bitumen is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Q37810035. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Produced by → petroleum
    Has use → waterproofing, building material
    Different from → bitumen of Judea, rock asphalt, asphalt concrete +1
    Aliases → —
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 4068, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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