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Q: What anthracite is so hard and pure it is also referred to as?
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How are bituminous coal and anthracite coal alike?

Bituminous coal is relatively soft and dull, as opposed to anthracite which is hard and shiny. Anthracite is also much more dense and pure. Because of its purity (can be up to 98% carbon), Anthracite burns a very hot, smokeless flame.


What fuel is mined from the earth that is almost pure carbon?

Coal, particularly anthracite coal, is almost pure carbon.


What is coal mainly made up of?

Carbon. Coal has a few different types and grades, but hard anthracite coal is almost pure carbon. Same as graphite, soot and diamonds.


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No.It is sedimentary, however anthracite is considered metamorphic. Graphite (chemically pure carbon) can be found in igneous rocks.


What are forms of lignite and anthracite?

Peat is decayed vegetation probably thousands of years old but which has not been converted to coal. Lignite is called brown coal, again vegetable matter that has not become true coal. Anthracite is a very pure form of coal much valued for steam engines.


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The name of hard carbon is Diamond. If you are speaking of coal then it would anthracite. Carbon has another allotropic form which is graphite.


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Peat lignite and anthracite are all forms of?

Peat is decayed vegetation probably thousands of years old but which has not been converted to coal. Lignite is called brown coal, again vegetable matter that has not become true coal. Anthracite is a very pure form of coal much valued for steam engines.


What substance is pure carbon?

Pure carbon is one kind of element, which is one kind of pure substance.There are several materials that are formed from pure carbon, including:graphiteDiamond. Diamond is elemental carbon that has been exposed to high pressure and temperature for prolonged periods to form the crystal diamond carbon nanotubes(See the links below for other allotropes of carbon)Anthracite coal is nearly pure carbon.