Despite the elucidated antioxidant mechanisms of tea polyphenols (TP) in bitumen, their influence on the rheological behavior of SBS (styrene–butadiene–styrene)-modified bitumen remains unclear. To ...

Heavy oil and vacuum residue were used to obtain road bitumen BND 50/70 using two different methods of steam distillation at 323–362 °C and by oxidation, a method using packed column at temperature of ...

The scientists used mass spectrometry to date the bitumen MIPT Russian archaeologists have discovered an ancient Greek urn full of dense bitumen in the Taman Peninsula on the Black Sea. A ...

Praj Industries, one of India’s leading industrial biotech companies, has developed innovative technology to produce bio-bitumen based on lignin. The Netherlands-based Circular Biobased Delta, one of ...

Ancient Egyptian mummies have many tales to tell, but unlocking their secrets without destroying delicate remains is challenging. Now, researchers have found a non-destructive way to analyze bitumen - ...

The microwave-assisted solvent extraction method for the determination of the salt content in bitumen samples represents an efficient alternative to the rather time and cost consuming established ...

Bitumen reserves in the country have grown to about 42 billion barrels out of which 43 industrial chemicals, including heavy crude petroleum, can be obtained, the Minister of Science and Technology, ...

A research team at the University of Cordoba has identified, for the first time, the composition of a Roman perfume more than 2,000 years old thanks to the discovery of a small vessel of ointment in ...

The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) is in the process of beginning the regulation of bitumen which is especially used in the road construction sector in the country. The move is to ensure that ...