Asphaltenic is a related term of asphaltene.
As an adjective asphaltenic
is of or pertaining to asphaltenes.
As a noun asphaltene is
(organic chemistry) any of the dark organic constituents of crude oils and bitumen that are soluble in aromatic solvents but not in aliphatic ones; they are polycyclic aromatic compounds (composed of fused benzene rings) with aliphatic side chains.
asphaltene
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Noun
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wikipedia asphaltene)
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(organic chemistry) Any of the dark organic constituents of crude oils and bitumen that are soluble in aromatic solvents but not in aliphatic ones; they are polycyclic aromatic compounds (composed of fused benzene rings) with aliphatic side chains
Related terms
* asphaltenic
* preasphaltene