Carbon and its compounds 2
CHEMISTRY SSS1 Third Term
WEEK 3
Carbon and its compounds 2
Performance Objectives
The student should be able to:
- State the different types of coal.
- Industrial distillation of coal.
- Uses of coal.
Content
Coal
Coal is a black organic rock formed from the vegetation of the carboniferous period. It is the result of the complex chemical and physical changes that took place when remains of forest big trees and vegetation were buried under the ground millions of years ago, under great temperature and pressure in the absence of air. It is a very impure carbon containing minerals and modified remains of substances present in ancient trees and other plant life.
Types of coal
The gradual decomposition of anaerobic microbial action of the plant material is the.... View More
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