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asphaltene en · NOUN

Etymology

From asphalt + -ene (“benzene”).

Meanings

  1. Any of the dark organic constituents of crude oils and bitumen that are soluble in aromatic solvents but not in aliphatic ones; they are polycyclic aromatic compounds (composed of fused benzene rings) with aliphatic side chains
    • In the deasphalter the more polar asphaltenes form a second liquid phase which effectively agglomerates the solids in the oil feed. 1979, Perry Nowacki, Coal liquefaction processes - Volume 131, page 157:

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Relateds

asphaltenic · preasphaltene

Translations (4)

pl asfalten (dark organic constituents of crude oils) · es asfalteno (dark organic constituents of crude oils) · ca asfaltè (dark organic constituents of crude oils) · pt asfalteno (dark organic constituents of crude oils)