Coal is also called black gold. Coals are classified into Peat, Lignite, Bituminous, and Anthracite.<\/p>\n
\nLignite:<\/p>\n
– Brown coal<\/p>\n
– Lower grade coal<\/p>\n
– Moisture content is high (over 35 percent)<\/p>\n
\nBituminous Coal:<\/p>\n
– Soft coal; most widely available and used coal.<\/p>\n
– Derives its name after the liquid called bitumen<\/p>\n
– 40 to 80 percent carbon<\/p>\n
– Moisture and volatile content (15 to 40 percent)<\/p>\n
\nAnthracite Coal:<\/p>\n
– Best quality; hard coal. <\/p>\n
– 80 to 95 percent carbon.<\/p>\n
–
\n Very little volatile matter<\/p>\n
– Negligibly small proportion of moisture<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Coal is also called black gold. Coals are classified into Peat, Lignite, Bituminous, and Anthracite. Lignite: – Brown coal – Lower grade coal – Moisture content is high (over 35 percent) Bituminous Coal: – Soft coal; most widely available and used coal. – Derives its name after the liquid called bitumen – 40 to 80 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[369],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chemistry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n