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Coal is formed from plant life buried in the Earth millions of years ago. Like Petroleum and natural gas, it is a carbon-based fossil fuel. Coal is called a fossil fuel because it was formed from the remains of vegetation that grew as long ago as 400 million years. It is often referred to as "buried sunshine" because the plants which formed the coal captured the energy from the sun through photosynthesis to create the compounds that make up plant tissues. The main element in the plant material is carbon, which gives coal most of its energy. Most of our coal was formed millions of years ago, when Earth was covered by steamy swamps. As plants and trees died, their remains sank into the bottom of swampy areas, accumulating layers upon layers and eventually forming a soggy, dense material called peat. Sandstones and other sedimentary rocks were formed, and pressure caused by the weight squeezed water from the peat. Increasingly deeper burial and the heat associated with it gradually changed the material into coal.
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Diamonds in the Coal was created on 1992-01-14.
How is coal created and where does coal it come from?
coal is created by the deposition and compaction of huge plant(organic) material deposited into a basin,with the increasing depth the high rank of coal is formed. The order is:- peat>lignite>bituminous>anthracite Peat is formed at shallow depth and on moving downward anthracite is formed at greater depth.
What is the Amount of waste for coal mining?
the amount of waste of coal mining is precisly none, because it is a online computer game, there is no waste being created
Element that is a yellow solid found as an impurity in coal?
An element that is a yellow solid and found as an impurity in coal is sulfur. Sulfur is one reason why burning coal creates pollution. When impure coal is burned, sulfur dioxide is created and contributes to phenomena such as acid rain.
When you burn coal does the mass stay the same?
Your question isn't rigorous enough. When you burn coal you are combining carbon from the coal with oxygen in the air. So the mass of Carbon Dioxide created is greater than the original mass of coal. There is no mass destroyed however, you just have to be more rigorous in the parameters of your question.
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