I-asphalt pavement isengozini kakhulu kuphethiloli nodizili, okwakheka kwamakhemikhali okuhlanganisa ikakhulukazi ama-alkane nama-cycloalkanes. Ngokungqubuzanayo, i-asphalt yenziwe ngama-hydrocarbon agcwele, ama-aromatics compounds, asphaltenes, kanye nama-resin.
Ucwaningo lubonisa ukufana ekwakhekeni kwamakhemikhali phakathi kwetiyela nalawa mafutha, kufakazelwa amapharamitha wabo asondele wokuqedwa. Lokhu kufana kusekela i “njengoba zincibilika like” isimiso, iphakamisa ukuthi uphethiloli nodizili kungangena kakhulu futhi kuncibilike itiyela.