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Dried turf used for fuels in fires?
Peat
Why is peat dried after being cut from the bog?
Peat is used as a fuel but it comes from the wet environment of a bog. It helps if a fuel that you are trying to burn is not wet.
Is peat moss the same as peat?
No, peat moss is a growing, living plant, when peat moss dies and given the right conditions it will eventually become peat.
What is the order of calorific value of the fuel?
Coal-peat-lignite-dried wood
What is a layer of dead mosses compressed at the bottom of a bog called?
Peat moss, excavated, dried and sold at your local home improvement store
What is formed when pressure sqeezes moisture out of peat?
Dried peat. Only after subsequent layers of sediments have been deposited on top, year after year, century after century, eon after eon, will the pressure lithify the peat into coal.
Why is Peat important?
Peat is important because people dig peat out of the ground to use it for heating their homes and cooking good food. Although peat produces a lot of smoke and pollutants when you burn it, it is also very helpful. Peat is found in Russia Ukraine, and Great Britain. Peat is used all around the world, in fact. Peat is the first stage in coal formation. If peat did not was not real, then there would be no coal. That is why peat is important.
What material from the earth heats homes in Ireland?
Peat. It's dug up from bogs and dried out then burned.
Can peat be used for fuel?
Yes, but peat isn't a sustainable fuel, so it is not advisable to use it.
When does sphagnum become peat?
Well, the peat is an organism with 8 legs so it has to be an insect around the age of 6 months old. After that the cells from the legs explode from the preasure of heat so the answer is, it has to become peat around 8:00 pm!
How does peat form?
Over time, the mosses become compressed into layers and form a blackish-brown material, which is called peat. (:
When can a sphagnum moss become peat?
Sphagnum moss becomes peat when it decomposes. The actual time depends on environmental factors.
