The chemistry and technology of coal / James G. Speight

Author:: Speight, James G.
Published:: New York : M. Dekker, [1994]
Copyright Date:: ©1994
Edition:: 2nd ed., rev. and expanded.
Physical Description:: xi, 642 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

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Series:

Chemical industries ; 59

Contents:

Terminology and classification -- Geology and resources -- Coal as an organic sediment -- Coal as an organic rock -- Recovery -- Preparation and transportation -- Mineral matter -- Evaluation -- Properties of coal -- Solvent extraction -- Chemical reactions -- Thermal decomposition -- Organic constituents -- Combustion -- Carbonization -- Liquefaction -- Liquefaction processes -- Gasification -- Clean coal technologies -- Briquetting and pelletizing -- Gas cleaning -- Chemicals from coal.

Subject(s):

Coal—Analysis

ISBN:

0824792009 (acid-free)

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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