bitumen
form of petroleum primarily used in road construction
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Summary
bitumen ranks in the top 0.58% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,641 views/month, #454 of 77,819).[1]
Key Facts
- bitumen is made of rock asphalt[2].
- bitumen is made of petroleum[3].
- bitumen is a type of building material[4].
- bitumen is a type of film former[5].
- bitumen is a type of petroleum product[6].
- bitumen is used for waterproofing[7].
- bitumen is used for building material[8].
- bitumen's Commons category is recorded as Bitumen[9].
- bitumen's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Bitumen[10].
- bitumen's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[11].
- bitumen's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12].
- bitumen's different from is recorded as bitumen of Judea[13].
- bitumen's different from is recorded as rock asphalt[14].
- bitumen's different from is recorded as asphalt concrete[15].
- bitumen's different from is recorded as tar[16].
- bitumen's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[17].
- bitumen's P14541 is recorded as B6USr[18].
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Definition and Type
Recorded subclass of include building material[4], film former[5], and petroleum product[6].
Use and Application
Recorded has use include waterproofing[7] and building material[8].
Why It Matters
bitumen ranks in the top 0.58% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,641 views/month, #454 of 77,819).[1] bitumen has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] bitumen is known by 56 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]