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              FIGURE 13.5  AFM image                                    1000
              of bitumen-rock                                            900
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              interface region.                                          700
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                                                              Bitumen    400
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                                               Interphase
                                                                        Z(nm)
                                       Aggregate











              FIGURE 13.6  Interface                           Micro-pore
              image by digital optical
              microscope.                                       (defects)

                                                                      Crack
                                                                     (defects)
                                            Bitumen
                                                             Aggregate


                                       Imperfect bonding
                                           (defects)









              FIGURE 13.7  Chemistry map
              by ESEM.
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