does anyone know the chemical formula for coal?
i can't find it anywhere!
pease help!
2006-09-08 05:38:48 · 7 answers · asked by La De Durango!!! 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
There is no one particular chemical formula for coal.
It is mostly carbon, hydrogen - with the degree of saturation being pretty low (i.e. it is mostly carbon). You can view it as CnHm, where n is a high number and m is relatively low.
Notable impurities are sulfur and mercury (amongst other trace metals)...most people don't know that most of the mercury that is emitted into the atmosphere is from the burning of coal.
2006-09-08 06:19:59 · answer #1 · answered by The ~Muffin~ Man 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Chemical Formula For Coal
2016-10-21 12:48:51 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Coal doesnt have a simple or even mildly complex chemical formula. It is made up of a "chicken wire"-like structure, of carbon rings. Therefore, when many people talk about coal, they just say it is made up of carbon.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal
that article should give you some good information.
2006-09-08 05:43:22 · answer #3 · answered by PetLover 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
coal is made up primarily of carbon and other elements. there are different types of coal thus, the chemical formula will depend on what specific type of coal you want to know.
2006-09-08 10:18:01 · answer #4 · answered by basics26 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Coal is one form of carbons ,, we have Coal,, graffite, diamond so all these compounds have the chemical formula C .
2006-09-08 08:26:23 · answer #5 · answered by source_of_love_69 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Coal is a mixture of several thousand different chemicals. The empirical formula is probably something like C16 H40 O8 N4 S2 P. (this is a guess, don't quote me on it!) It'll be mostly hydrocarbons.
2006-09-08 05:42:39 · answer #6 · answered by MadScientist 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
CH4
2006-09-08 05:46:49 · answer #7 · answered by skyeblue 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋