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Bitumen vs Upgrader - What's the difference?

bitumen | upgrader |

As nouns the difference between bitumen and upgrader

is that bitumen is bitumen while upgrader is one who, or that which, upgrades.

bitumen

English

(wikipedia bitumen)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • Mineral pitch; a black, tarry substance, burning with a bright flame; Jew’s pitch. It occurs as an abundant natural product in many places, as on the shores of the Dead and Caspian Seas. It is used in cements, in the construction of pavements, etc.
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  • By extension, any one of the natural hydrocarbons, including the hard, solid, brittle varieties called asphalt, the semisolid maltha and mineral tars, the oily petrolea, and even the light, volatile naphthas.
  • (Canadian English) Canadian deposits of extremely heavy crude oil[http://www.energy.gov.ab.ca/OilSands/793.asp]

    • Synonyms

    * (mineral pitch) (all obsolete)

    Related terms

    * bituminous * bitumoid * crude bitumen * refined bitumen

    References

    See also

    * asphalt ----

    upgrader

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who, or that which, upgrades.
  • * 2007', Tim Speed, Brad Schauf, Dick McCarrick, ''Lotus Notes Domino 8: '''Upgrader' s Guide
  • A facility that upgrades bitumen into synthetic crude oil.