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Coal is not used to make roads. However a coal derived product is used in road construction.
When you distill coal, the final fraction is a thick black gloopy substance call "tar". Tar is used to coat small stones and when applied as a road surface makes them stick together and waterproofs the road. This was invented by a Scotsman called Mr. McAdam - the road surface is called "Tarmac".
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What type of coal is used to make coke?
Metallurgical coal, also known as coking coal, is used to make coke. This type of coal has high carbon content and low impurities, making it suitable for the production of coke, which is used in the steelmaking process.
How is bitumen used?
Bitumen is used in place of coal tar in making roads.
A type of coal commonly used in pencil lead?
Graphite is used to make pencil lead, but it is not a form of coal.
What type of coal is used in trains?
What type of coal do they use in trains?
What materials was used to make coal trucks?
what materials were used to make coal trucks
Which type of coal used in thermal power station?
lignite coal
Which type of coal is mainly used to generate electricity?
bituminous coal
What is the total percentage of coal?
compared to what. Percentage of coal used to make iron/steel, or percentage of coal shipped overseas, or percentage of coal used to make electricity, or....
What are the things used to make unmetalled roads?
Metalled roads are :1) made of bitumen of coal, cement or concrete 2) all wheather or season road Unmetalled roads are: 1)made in the absence of cement and concrete and sometimes made even of sand and laid as extended roads 2)limits its usage in rainy season
What type of coal can be used in pulverized combustion?
Bituminous and subbituminous coals are user to make the pulverized coal for coal burners. This is coal containing the compound bitumen. It is a soft coal. They are graded according to their carbon content. They can be processed into coke before being pulverized.
What is the type of coal found in the greatest quantity?
Bituminous coal is the most common type of coal.
Which Type of coal is used as household fuel?
Pea coal has been used in household coal stoves for more than a century and a half. It is typically crushed anthracite coal, or sometimes semi-bituminous coal.
