Thermal Coal

Thermal Coal

Product Description:

Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock, formed as rock strata called coal seams. Coal is mostly carbon with variable amounts of other elements, chiefly hydrogen, sulfur, oxygen, and nitrogen.^[1] Coal 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.^[2] Vast deposits of coal originate in former wetlands—called coal forests—that covered much of the Earth’s tropical land areas during the late Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian) and Permian times.^[3][4] However, many significant coal deposits are younger than this and originate from the Mesozoic and Cenozoic eras.

Applications/Functions:

• Generating Electricity.
• Production of Steel.
• Industries.
• Gasification and Liquefaction.
• Domestic Use.