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What is the difference between the 4 forms of coal and why does it matter?
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Carbon from decayed vegetation goes through various stages due to heat and compression from peat moss through lignite, bituminous, anthracite, graphite, and eventually diamond. Each has a greater pure carbon content (and less water) than the previous, and therefore greater heating value when used as fuel, than the previous. Pure graphite and diamond, of course, are not considered coals, do not burn well (or at all) and are not used as fuels.
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What is the difference between the organic material from which coal forms the organic material from which petroleum and natural gas form?
Coal is plant matter ( tress from the Carboniferous ) and oil is from micro-organic matter.
What is the difference between wood and coal?
Wood is formed from plant matter like trees; coal is a type of rock that is formed under great pressure over millions of years.
What is the difference between thermal coal and steam coal?
These are same
What is the difference between Hard coking coal vs soft coking coal?
Coke is made by heating coal in the absence of oxygen to about 2000 degrees Fahrenheit. Hard coking coal forms high-strength coke, while soft coking coal produces a lesser quality coke.
What is the difference between obsidian and coal?
Obsidian has a higher luster(shinier) than coal, coal is organic, and coal is sedimentary and obsidian is igneous
What is the difference between the organic material from which coal forms the organic material from which petroleum and natural gas form?
Coal is plant matter ( tress from the Carboniferous ) and oil is from micro-organic matter.
What is the difference between the material from which coal forms and the material from which petroleum and natural gas forms?
There is no difference. They were all formed from plant and animal life laid down and covered and compressed over millions of years ago.
What is the difference between thermal coal and steam coal?
These are same
What is the difference between wood and coal?
Wood is formed from plant matter like trees; coal is a type of rock that is formed under great pressure over millions of years.
What is the difference between Hard coking coal vs soft coking coal?
Coke is made by heating coal in the absence of oxygen to about 2000 degrees Fahrenheit. Hard coking coal forms high-strength coke, while soft coking coal produces a lesser quality coke.
What is the difference between obsidian and coal?
Obsidian has a higher luster(shinier) than coal, coal is organic, and coal is sedimentary and obsidian is igneous
What is the difference between peat and brown coal and black coal?
peat is soft and the others aren't
Coal forms from plant remains that are buried before they decay and are then compacted into matter that is composed mainly of .?
Carbon
The difference between traditional and non-traditional source of energy?
difference between traditional sources of energy and coal
What is the difference between coal mined in the appalachians and in the western states?
coal in the western areas has a lower energy content
What is the difference between coal mined in the Appalachians and in western states?
coal in the western areas has a lower energy content
What is the difference between coal mined in the Appalachian and in the western states?
coal in the western areas has a lower energy content
