Coal industry is mostly carbon with variable amounts of other elements, chiefly hydrogen, sulfur, oxygen, and nitrogen.
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15 Facts About Coal industry
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Coal industry is formed when dead plant matter decays into peat and is converted into coal by the heat and pressure of deep burial over millions of years.
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Coal industry is known from Precambrian strata, which predate land plants.
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Coal industry cinders have been found in the hearths of villas and Roman forts, particularly in Northumberland, dated to around AD 400.
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Coal industry came to be referred to as "seacoal" in the 13th century; the wharf where the material arrived in London was known as Seacoal Lane, so identified in a charter of King Henry III granted in 1253.
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Coal industry continues to arrive on beaches around the world from both natural erosion of exposed coal seams and windswept spills from cargo ships.
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Coal industry can be converted directly into synthetic fuels equivalent to gasoline or diesel by hydrogenation or carbonization.
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Coal industry liquefaction emits more carbon dioxide than liquid fuel production from crude oil.
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Coal industry can be used as a feedstock in the production of a wide range of chemical fertilizers and other chemical products.
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Slate of chemical products that can be made via coal gasification can in general use feedstocks derived from natural gas and petroleum, the chemical industry tends to use whatever feedstocks are most cost-effective.
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Coal industry burnt as a solid fuel in coal power stations to generate electricity is called thermal coal.
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Coal industry is used to produce very high temperatures through combustion.
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Coal industry-powered plants emit nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide, particulate pollution and heavy metals, which adversely affect human health.
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However many countries, such as the Powering Past Coal industry Alliance, have already or are transitioned away from coal; the largest transition announced so far being Germany, which is due to shut down its last coal-fired power station between 2035 and 2038.
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