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asphaltene

[as-fawl-teen, -fal-]

noun

Chemistry.
  1. any of the constituents of a bitumen, as asphalt, that are insoluble in pentane, hexane, or naphthalene.



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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of asphaltene1

First recorded in 1830–40; asphalt + -ene

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