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Is peat a type of fossil fuel?
No, it is not a fossil. It is however the first stage of producing a fossil fuel. Peat is thick vegetation that has died and built up in layers in a wet environment which doesn't decay normally (aerobic decay) because of a lack of oxygen in the layers. Anaerobic decay, or a very slow process of composting, occurs in a peat bog which eventually becomes a coal deposit, over hundreds of thousands or millions of years. Instead of creating carbon dioxide, like aerobic bacteria, and fungi produce in normal decay, Anaerobic bacteria produce methane gas as they break down the peat. This produces lignite or brown coal, which as it ages and the lignite compacts eventually, giving up moisture and nitrogen, become progressively harder and darker coals.
Is kerogen a fossil or biomass fuel?
biomass
Why do you use biomass rather than using fossil fuel?
Biomass energy is renewable as Fossil Fuels are not
Are field crops fossil fuels or biomass fuels?
BIOMASS
What are all of the fossil fuels?
peat,nateral gases, coal, petroleam, and peat
Is natural gas a biomass or fossil fuel?
Fossil fuel
What fossil fuel is spongy brown?
It is peat.
In what way are biomass and fossil fuels similar?
Fossil fuels and biomass fuels have similar origins. Firewood is an example of a biomass fuel. Fossil fuels are similar to biomass in that their creation also begins with microorganisms and plants using energy from the sun to fix CO2 into carbohydrates but there are several more steps in the creation of fossil fuels.
Is fecal material a biomass or fossil fuel?
Fecal material is a biomass and is renewable.
How does peat become coal?
Peat is formed where thick deposits of sphagnum mosses accumulate. The aerobic environment at the base of the peat bog preserves the biomass while the overhead burden compresses it. Peat can be burned as a fuel, but it is still essentially plant material (like wood). Coal is formed when an accumulated biomass of plant material is subsequently covered by sediments and then buried deep in the earth. This burial process compresses the material much much more and the heat in the earth alters the chemistry of the biomass, forming new chemicals that were not made by the plants and turning the biomass into a rock - COAL. There are no plants left, only their fossilised impressions.
What are all the all the fossil fuels?
peat,nateral gases, coal, petroleam, and peat
What are four fossil fuels?
it is peat,lignite,bitumirous coal,athracite. it is peat,lignite,bitumirous coal,athracite.
