Asphalt Explained

Asphalt most often refers to:

• Bitumen, also known as "liquid asphalt cement" or simply "asphalt", a viscous form of petroleum mainly used as a binder in asphalt concrete
• Asphalt concrete, a mixture of bitumen with coarse and fine aggregates, used as a road surface

Asphalt may also refer to:

• Asphalt (1929 film), a German silent film by Joe May
• Asphalt (1964 film), a South Korean film by Kim Ki-young
• Asphalt (novel), an American novel by Carl Hancock Rux
• Asphalt (series), a racing game series produced by Gameloft
• Asphalt, Kentucky
• USS Asphalt (IX-153), a Trefoil-class concrete barge
• Asphalt modified racing, a variant of modified stock car racing using cars designed for asphalt surfaces

See also

• Asphaltum, Indiana
• Shilajit or black asphaltum, an organic-based clay