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Bitumen vs Emulsion - What's the difference?

bitumen | emulsion |

As nouns the difference between bitumen and emulsion

is that bitumen is bitumen while emulsion is emulsion.

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)

    References

    See also

    * asphalt ----

    emulsion

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia emulsion) (en noun)
  • a stable suspension of small droplets of one liquid in another with which it is immiscible
  • Mayonnaise is an emulsion where egg is used to keep oil and water mixed.
  • (chemistry) a colloid in which both phases are liquid
  • the coating of photosensitive silver halide grains in a thin gelatine layer on a photographic film
  • Derived terms

    * solid emulsion * emulsify ----