Coal
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coal-162-9494982
title:
Coal
text:
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.
Coal is a type of fossil fuel, formed when dead plant matter decays into peat which is converted into coal by the heat and pressure of deep burial over millions of years. Vast deposits of coal originate in former wetlands called coal forests that covered much of the Earth's tropical
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Combustible sedimentary rock composed primarily of carbon
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal
date created:
2001-11-06T19:23:54Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T21:15:30Z
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