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1. Reference samples of bitumen were also analyzed; bitumen sample from Babylonia area was provided by Dr Esaim Fadhel Khalfa from the University of Babylon, Iraq and sample from Middle East (Judea) came from Kremer Pigmente GmbH (Germany)