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asphalt

1 [ˈæsfælt] substantive

EKI Combined Dictionary 2026

Last modified 11.11.2024

Meanings

bituumenist ja mineraalaine segust teekate

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EKI terminibaas Esterm

ID 690493 Last modified 23.03.2011
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Domain chemical technologyEnvironment - Environmental Protection
  • kitsamas tähenduses 10-15 % asfalteene sisaldav looduslik bituumen, laiemas tähenduses bituumeni ja mineraalaine looduslik või tehislik segu. Esimene on soojendamisel sulav viskoosne pooltahke kuni tahke orgaaniliste ühendite segu, teine pooltahke kuni kuni tahke matt või pigitaoliselt läikiv mustjaspruun kuni must aine.
  • a brown to black solid or semi-solid bituminous substance occurring in nature, but also obtained as the residue from the refining of certain petroleums and then known as artificial asphalt
asfalt
Usage examples
  • Saastetasu määrad kroonides jäätmete tonni kohta jäätmete viimisel keskkonda on: 5) puidukaitseaineid, tahke kütuse ja muu orgaanilise aine utmisel tekkinud tõrva, pigi, asfalti, anorgaanilisi pestitsiide, asbesti, arseeni ja pliid sisaldavatel jäätmetel ...

EKI terminibaas Esterm

ID 694914 Last modified 14.10.2014
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Domain oil products from crude oilorganic chemistry
bitumen preferred
asphalt
  • (naftast, looduslikust asfaldist v. tahkekütusest saadav) must pigijas orgaaniline sideaine
  • oil based substance, a semi-solid hydrocarbon product produced by removing the lighter fractions (such as liquid petroleum gas, petrol and diesel) from heavy crude oil during the refining process
  • dense, highly viscous, petroleum-based hydrocarbon that is found in deposits such as oil sands and pitch lakes (natural bitumen) or is obtained as a residue of the distillation of crude oil (refined bitumen)
bituumen
Usage examples
  • Nafta ja õli rafineerimise ning fraktsioneerimise jäätmed ... Bituumen
bitumen preferred
Good to know
  • In some areas, particularly in the United States, bitumen is often called asphalt, though that name is almost universally used for the road-paving material made from a mixture of gravel, sand, and other fillers in a bituminous binder.
asphalt
Good to know
  • US
asphalt cement
Good to know
  • US
bitume
Bitumen
bitumi

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