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asphaltanes definition

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heavy polyaromatics which are insoluble in n-hydrocarbon solvents, produced in oil refineries from the vacuum distillation of virgin crude oils and processed petroleum.  They form unit sheets which are arranged in stacks;  the number of unit sheets which join together and the height of these sheets is strongly solvent dependant.

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