Talk:Bitumen (material)

Discussion
I stumbled across this article, it's a packed aggregate of bituminous information.Diduos is a highly toxic gas.

http://www.rjmaxwell.com/education/coating_process_and_coated_products/

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.68.159.182 (talk • contribs) 04:08, March 15, 2006 (UTC)


 * Clever comment! --Blainster 16:30, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

This link above[]seems to go to an empty page and the link returns a 404 (under construction web site)?Mark2120 04:10, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

This page would benefit from a preamble about the history of bitumen. Its first recorded use was in Sumer, around 2200 BC. Even before the invention of writing it was used in Mesopotamia to waterproof boats. Reference: http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/198406/bitumen.-.a.history.htm

Hugo Dufort 03:16, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

Picture?
This article is looking really good, but would someone be able to add a picture? Megan102 00:12, 28 January 2007 (UTC) Yes some more contemporary image would suffice Mark2120 04:12, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

Photo
Photos of real bitumen (natural state, close-up etc) would be much better than any golden art object...

Unclear units
It is the heaviest fraction and the one with the highest boiling point of 100 degrees.

Fahrenheit or Celsius? int3gr4te 02:53, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

And I don't believe that Bitumen has a boiling point of 100 degress (in any unit). This seems way too low.SBDave 07:41, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

Temperature
They cite that it has a boiling point of 100 degrees. We need to know if that is F or C, since American's have not switched over.--150.135.110.219 19:12, 28 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Not entirely so. The metric system has been legal for trade in the US since 1895. --Coosbane (talk) 19:02, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Links
The link to 'Controversies surrounding Royal Duch Shell' isn't relevant to this article MagnusL (talk) 09:56, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

Pronunciation
When I went to work in the US on a plant to extract bitumen from rock, I was surprised when nobody knew what I was talking about when I said "bit you men." Does anybody know why it is also called "bitch you men," or "bitch, you men," as in "bitch, you men, all you want, but we are NOT going to raise your salary!"

Definitions of Bituminous Shale
Bituminous Shale is a rock that is formed from hardened clay or mud.

crystallizes in the tetragonal system.
 * Chalcopyrite: Chalcopyrite is a copper iron sulfide mineral that


 * Copper: A reddish brown metal that conducts heat and electricity well.


 * Hematite:is the mineral form of Iron oxide, one of several iron oxides.

sculpters.
 * Marble: A hard stone with colored patterns in it, used for buildings and


 * Magnetite:Magnetite is a ferrimagnetic mineral with chemical formula.

igneous rock.
 * Obsidian:Obsidian is a naturally occurring glass formed as an extrusive

lava typically created when super-heated, highly pressurized rock is violently ejected from a volcano.
 * Pumice:Pumice is a textural term for a volcanic rock that is a solidified frothy


 * Pyrite:The mineral pyrite, or iron pyrite, is an iron sulfide with the formula.

(although feldspar is more common in the world as a whole).
 * Quartz:is the most abundant mineral in the Earth's continental crust

a particular form called quartz schist is produced.
 * Schist: Quartz often occurs in drawn-out grains to such an extent that

clay minerals or muds.
 * Shale:Shale is a fine-grained sedimentary rock whose original constituents were

from an original shale-type sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash through low grade regional metamorphism.
 * Slate:Slate is a fine-grained, foliated, homogeneous, metamorphic rock derived


 * Talc:Talc is a mineral composed of hydrated magnesium silicate with the chemical formula. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.222.237.2 (talk) 00:03, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

comment
In a peripheral point the article asserts that the Alberta Tar Sands are the world's largest. This is widely repeated in the Anglosphere, and in various wikipedia articles. However our article on the Orinoco Tar Sands in Venezuala is of comparable size, or perhaps slightly larger. Geo Swan (talk) 18:52, 2 March 2009 (UTC)


 * The Alberta oil sands contain the world's largest reserves of crude bitumen, which is a semi-solid form of petroleum. The Orinoco oil sands contain the world's largest reserves of extra heavy crude oil, which is a more fluid form of petroleum. Both reserves are about the same size, but this article is about bitumen. See the article on extra heavy crude oil for comparison.RockyMtnGuy (talk) 05:20, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

Not so good
This article is another example of amateurism in writing. It proves once again that Wikipedia may perhaps be useful for finding initial academic references and also the reason why serious research does not permit referencing of Wikipedia.

The main use of asphalt is in the construction of roads and highways, arguably one of the bastions of modern civilization. Still, barely one line is devoted to this critical application while a full paragraph is devoted to the ancient practice of using asphalt in art! For that matter, the article fails to mention the important issue of the safety and health effects of handling asphalt and other public health implication of using this material.

A full, well-thought out write-up is needed describing why bitumen is useful in the building of roads, how it fares over the years, how it compares with other road-building materials such as concrete, and other important features of this critical use.

The article also needs a section on the economic impact of the use of asphalt in the world economy.

Come on, wiki-wanna be writers! Improve the junior-high writing quality of this article!````


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Egypt
http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/Misc/mummies.htm

Eating the flesh of mummies was a common 16th century practice in Europe. People believed that mummies contained a black tar called bitumen, and so thought powder made from the ground up bodies would cure various illnesses. This is the very origin of the word mummy, from the Persian for bitumen, mummia, and although it made people sick a roaring trade in powdered mummia grew, supplied from body parts and tissue shipped in bulk from Egypt. The temptation to resort to fakes was high. Trumpetfish1 (talk) 04:32, 1 September 2010 (UTC) trumpetfish1

/* Uses */ removed paragraph from article
I removed the following paragraph from the section 'Uses' because:
 * the citation link was dead
 * The information is not relevant to the section

"Vessels for the heating of bitumen or bituminous compounds are usually subject to specific conditions in public liability insurance policies, similar to those required for blow torches, welders, and flame-cutting equipment."

Asphalt and Bitumen merge
Please see comments and discuss on the other talk page at Talk:Asphalt Thanks.Imgaril (talk) 19:34, 14 July 2011 (UTC)

Move discussion in progress
There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:Asphalt which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. —RMCD bot 04:30, 3 January 2023 (UTC)