Gilsonite

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Gilsonite

(ˈɡɪlsəˌnaɪt)
n
(Minerals) trademark a very pure form of asphalt found in Utah and Colorado; used for making paints, varnishes, and linoleum
[C19: named after S. H. Gilson of Salt Lake City, Utah, who discovered it]
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Gil•son•ite

(ˈgɪl səˌnaɪt)
Trademark.
a brilliant black bitumen with a brown streak and conchoidal fracture; uintaite.
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References in periodicals archive
Ltd., Metal Coatings Corp., Berger, Dunmore Corp., Never-Seez, United Gilsonite Lab, Homax, Akshith Techno Coatings, Wilton, and Ameetuff Technical Paint Industries, WONDER.
United Gilsonite Laboratories EPMAR Corporation XYPEX The research report presents a comprehensive assessment of the market and contains thoughtful insights, facts, historical data, and statistically supported and industry-validated market data.
United Gilsonite Laboratories has appointed Ralf Schueler as its international sales director.
When prehistoric Uinta Lake formed more than 60 million years ago, sediment at the bottom of the ancient lake created gilsonite, oil shale and tar sands.
Harmonite is said to be a versatile, multi-functional, operation-friendly base compound or performance additive that can improve current formulations by increasing tack, viscosity, hardness, durability and shortening cure times, depending on the application; reduce or eliminate the consumption of higher cost formulation ingredients such as plasticizers, tackifier resins, aromatic oils, titanium dioxide, powdered coal, hard clay, petroleum pitch and Gilsonite; and dramatically reduce mixing time, up to 50% in some cases, with up to 36% lower power consumption during production, according to the company.
American Gilsonite (Caa2 negative) and Hexion (Caa1 negative) both have meaningful debt maturities in 2017.
Included are reconstituted crude petroleum, and lease condensate and liquid hydrocarbons produced from tar sands, gilsonite, and old shale.
United Gilsonite Laboratories' (UGL) new DRYLOK Concrete Toner is designed as a concrete tone coat to even out discolorations, stains and blotches.
Various kinds of fluid loss additives have been developed in last decades, such as Gilsonite, organic lignite, epoxidized cardanol derivative[4], metallic soap [5], modified tannin [6] and oil swell elastomer [7], etc.
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