Russian scientists have identified the components of the oldest bitumen sample to be found in an ancient vase and made an accurate estimate of its age. In their article in the Journal of Mass ...

Scientists have used mass spectrometry to analyze bitumen samples from an ancient Greek amphora found on the Taman peninsula. Judging by the level of oxygen in the sample, they managed to accurately ...

The durability of asphalt depends crucially on bitumen - the black binder that holds the small stones in the asphalt together. As the bitumen ages, it can change its properties and become brittle, ...

The scientists used mass spectrometry to date the bitumen MIPT Russian archaeologists have discovered an ancient Greek urn full of dense bitumen in the Taman Peninsula on the Black Sea. A ...

Praj Industries, one of India’s leading industrial biotech companies, has developed innovative technology to produce bio-bitumen based on lignin. The Netherlands-based Circular Biobased Delta, one of ...

Ancient Egyptian mummies have many tales to tell, but unlocking their secrets without destroying delicate remains is challenging. Now, researchers reporting in ACS’ Analytical Chemistry have found a ...

Ancient Egyptian mummies have many tales to tell, but unlocking their secrets without destroying delicate remains is challenging. Now, researchers have found a non-destructive way to analyze bitumen - ...

The microwave-assisted solvent extraction method for the determination of the salt content in bitumen samples represents an efficient alternative to the rather time and cost consuming established ...