Asphalt (Bitumen)

Asphalt more commonly referred to as bitumen in Europe is a dark brown to black cement-like semisolid or solid or viscous liquid produced by the non-destructive distillation of crude oil during petroleum refining. The major types of asphalt products are paving asphalts and roofing asphalts. Asphalt is also used in asphalt-based paints as protective coatings to prevent corrosion of metals; in lining irrigation canals water reservoirs dams and sea defence works; in adhesives in electrical laminate