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deasphalting

deasphalting noun: a process in which the asphalt content of crude oil (or similar materials) is removed or reduced, especially by solvent extraction. Also the present participle and gerund of deasphalt.

Noun

deasphalting (uncountable)

  1. A process in which the asphalt content of crude oil (or similar materials) is removed or reduced, especially by solvent extraction.
    • Propane (or sometimes propane/butane mixtures) is extensively used for deasphalting and produces a deasphalted oil (DAO) and deasphalter bottoms (propane deasphalter asphalt, PDA, PD tar) (Dunning and Moore, 1957).2015, James G. Speight, Fouling in Refineries, →ISBN, page 210

Also used as

deasphalting is also the present participle and gerund of deasphalt.

Origin of deasphalting

From deasphalt + -ing.

Questions about deasphalting

What does deasphalting mean?
Deasphalting means a process in which the asphalt content of crude oil (or similar materials) is removed or reduced, especially by solvent extraction.
What part of speech is deasphalting?
Deasphalting is a noun.

Words near deasphalting in the dictionary

  1. deasphalt
  2. deasphalted
  3. deasphalter
  4. deasphalter bottoms
  5. deasphalters
  6. deasphalting
  7. deasphaltization
  8. deasphalts
  9. deaspirate
  10. deaspirated
  11. deaspirates

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