Bitumen

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..... usually used in road construction which is also probabalised by the fact that the appellant was to deliver the bitumen to the Road Construction Department of the State. Bitumen is sold in bulk ordinarily. " Bitumen may be found in small quantities or large quantities. M/S. D.N. SINGH VERSUS CIT, - 2023 (5) TMI 746 - SUPREME COURT According to Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Tec .....

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..... d sulphur. Bitumen may be of variable hardness and volatility, ranging from crude oil to asphaltites and is largely soluble in carbon disulfifde." Bitumen emulsion, as per Indian standards ICS 293.08.0.20 published by the Bureau of Indian Standards is a destruction of very fine particles in an aqueous medium. Harcourt Butler Technological Institute, Kanpur, in its report dated 11.4.2008 states th .....

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..... tion time." The said report discussing about its composition explicates:- "Bitumen is basically a hydrocarbon with 10% by weight of atoms of sulphur, nitrogen and oxygen, attached to hydrocarbon molecules. The carbon content in bitumen is 80-87%. Three basic components of bitumen are (I) asphaltene, (II) maltene and (III) carbine. The chemical bonds in bitumen are weak and break when heat is ap .....

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