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The U.S. Bureau of Mines (USBM) was the primary United States Government agency conducting scientific research and disseminating information on the extraction, processing, use, and conservation of mineral resources.
Founded on May 16, 1910, through the Organic Act (Public Law 179), USBM's missions ...
Capable of being easily ignited and of burning with extreme rapidity. This adj. is now used technically in preference to inflammable because of the possible ambiguity of the "in" prefix. Certain equipment cannot be used for safety reasons in coal mines in which flammable gases are present.
Industry:Mining
Capable of destroying the texture of anything or eating away its substance by chemical action; burning; corrosive.
Industry:Mining
Capable of undergoing combustion or of burning. Used esp. for materials that catch fire and burn when subjected to fire. Compare: flammable.
Industry:Mining
Carbon remains of plant life found in sedimentary strata and often associated with uranium and red-bed copper mineralization.
Industry:Mining
Carbonization carried out at a low temperature (between 500 degrees C and 700 degrees C). During the process, the smoke-producing compounds are driven off as tars and oils and collected as valuable byproducts, leaving a coke with about 10% volatile matter. The coke yield is about 1,400 lb/st (700 kg/t) and is used as a domestic fuel.
Industry:Mining
Carefully made glass of great uniformity and usually special composition to give desired transmission, refraction, and dispersion of light.
Industry:Mining
