2007-03-10 10:11:43 · 11 answers · asked by jolly dolly 2 in Social Science ➔ Other - Social Science
TAR
2007-03-10 10:17:38 · answer #1 · answered by michael b 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
When it was originally made, tarmac was formed from a combination of tar, portland cement, resin and pitch.
It was actually the brainchild of Purnell Hooley, but the process was refined and commercialised by Sir Alfred Hickman in 1905.
In recent years, the advent of petroleum products have seen a favouring of asphalt over the macadam construction process. Asphalt is composed almost entirely of bitumen, the residual level of crude oil that remains after distillation.
2007-03-10 12:14:01 · answer #2 · answered by Ralph 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Tarmac (short for tarmacadam, a portmanteau for tar-penetration macadam) is a type of highway surface. Strictly speaking, Tarmac refers to a material patented by E. Purnell Hooley in 1901. The term is also used, with varying degrees of correctness, for a variety of other materials, including tar-grouted macadam, Tarvia, bituminous surface treatments and even modern asphalt concrete.
2007-03-10 10:14:56 · answer #3 · answered by Sparky 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's named after a guy called Tarmac Adam! I think he was an Irish guy who worked all his life on roads.
2007-03-10 10:17:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
tar mac is an illusion burnt into our residual image's perseption,we think its there but really it's not,my conclusion must be that its some kind of cardboard held together by sticky back plastic,and that cars are really just a simulation of the actual reality,we never move from our dormant hybernating dreamworlds.
2007-03-10 11:21:13 · answer #5 · answered by prettypete 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Bitumen and aggregates, sand or gravel.
2007-03-10 10:14:34 · answer #6 · answered by tucksie 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it is made of Bitumen from oil and i think they put stones in it aswell
2007-03-11 06:54:19 · answer #7 · answered by xXx Catherine xXx 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's made from Irishmen.
2007-03-10 10:19:57 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
its made of tar and bitumen.
2007-03-10 10:14:28 · answer #9 · answered by tondris 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i was gonna say tar and mac but someone beat me to it....lol
2007-03-10 10:38:29 · answer #10 · answered by birdbrain62863 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
tar and mac
2007-03-10 10:14:22 · answer #11 · answered by Mickey Corleone 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋