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Coal
Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock usually occurring in rock strata in layers or veins called coal beds or coal seams. The harder forms, such as anthracite coal, can be regarded as metamorphic rock because of later exposure to elevated temperature and pressure. Coal is composed primarily of carbon along with variable quantities of other elements, chiefly hydrogen, sulfur, oxygen, and nitrogen.
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carbide bit
Energy; Coal
A bit made by attaching molded tungsten carbide to a steel bit shank. It is used for cutting or drilling rock and coal. Also known as a cemented tungsten carbide.
chain pillar
Energy; Coal
A pillar that runs parallel to the entrance or main gangway in a mine for protection.
check curtain
Energy; Coal
A usually temporary curtain, often called a brattice cloth, hung and used to ventilate the air current to a suitable place within the mine.
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