Soluble Graded Bitumen

Soluble bitumen is a mixture of bitumen and a suitable solvent (e.g. kerosene or gasoline). The type and quality of soluble bitumen depend on the quality of the original pure bitumen, the type of solvent, and the amount of solvent. This bitumen is liquid at room temperature or liquefied with a little heat.
Soluble bitumen is used in various types of paving asphalts. The setting or hardening rate of this type of bitumen depends on the type of solution.
Lack of access to bitumen heating equipment, decomposition of bitumen at high temperatures, cooling of bitumen during operation, the impossibility of its penetration into porous minerals, the need for workers’ safety, fire, and time-consuming cause soluble bitumen to be used in some cases.
Soluble bitumen is used in road construction for surface coatings, infiltration, cold factory asphalt, or on-site mixes.