Pal Zakar

Asphalt Pal Zakar

The American edition of the original book Bitumen by Pal Zakar. Contents: 1. PRODUCTION AND PROPERTIES OF ASPHALT-1.1 Nomenclature and Origin-1.2 Natural Occurrence - 1.3 Chemical Constitution of Crude Oils - 1.4 Asphalt Constitution - 1.5 Characteristic Properties of Asphalt - 1.6 Physical and Chemical Characteristics - 1.7 Test Methods- References: 2. MANUFACTURE OF ASPHALT- 2.1 Fundamentals - 2.2 Investigation of Crude Oils - 2.3 Distillation - 2.4 Extraction - 2.5 Blowing - 2.6 Cracked Asphalts - 2.7 Comparison of Asphalts Made by Different Methods - 2.8 Other Treatments and Production Methods - 2.9 Asphalt Service - References: - 3. USES OF ASPHALT - 3.1 Reception of Asphalt at the Consumer's- 3.2 Road Construction - 3.3 Asphalt for Roofing and Building- 3.4 Miscellaneous Uses of Asphalt - References - Appendix - Index