During the storage of bitumen emulsions, bitumen particles sediment, agglomerate (flocculation), or fuse (coagulation), which leads to a certain instability of the bitumen emulsion.
dˈʊɹɹɪŋ ðə stˈoːɹɪdʒ ʌv bɪtˈuːmɛn ɪmˈʌlʃənz, bɪtˈuːmɛn pˈɑːɹɾɪkəlz sˈɛdɪmənt, ɐɡlˈɑːmɚɹˌeɪt flˌɑːkjʊlˈeɪʃən, ɔːɹ fjˈuːz koʊˌæɡjʊlˈeɪʃən, wˌɪtʃ lˈiːdz tʊ ɐ sˈɜːʔn̩ ɪnstəbˈɪlᵻɾi ʌvðə bɪtˈuːmɛn ɪmˈʌlʃən.