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2007-12-04 04:59:28 · 6 answers · asked by hmm 5 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
I see... I'm planning to take some of that old coal from grandpa's basement and wrap it up for christmas stocking stuffers ha! It just looked so pretty and shiny to me I knew it must be different somehow.Thanks all.
2007-12-04 05:15:40 · update #1
no diff..
2007-12-04 05:02:33 · answer #1 · answered by mar 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I do not know what you use to camp with but there is a difference between coal and charcoal. Coal is the stuff they mine and charcoal is made by roasting hard wood. What you use in a barbecue is charcoal. What is usually used as fuel for heat is coal.
Charcoal is used to burn very hot for a while. Coal burns pretty hot but much more slowly. Charcoal is great for cooking because it produces fragrant smoke. Coal is not because it is similar to petroleum. Charcoal is not good for heating because it burns too dirty. Coal burns more cleanly.
I think that is what you are talking about.
EDIT-Just read you follow up. The shiny coal works well for stocking stuffing but it is dirty and will ruin a stocking. Just do not use it in a stocking that you want to reuse. Get a cheap substitute stocking for your joke.
2007-12-04 13:07:39 · answer #2 · answered by Jacob W 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
They are not the same thing. See below.
Charcoal is usually produced by heating wood, sugar, bone char, or others substances in the absence of oxygen. The soft, brittle, lightweight, black, porous material resembles coal and is 85% to 98% carbon with the remainder consisting of volatile chemicals and ash.
Coal is a fossil fuel formed in swamp ecosystems where plant remains were saved by water and mud from oxidization and biodegradation.
2007-12-04 13:07:46 · answer #3 · answered by Lonnie M 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, there is, even though both of them are derived from wood. "Charcoal", which is sometimes used in camp fires, is wood that has only been burned enough to drive off most of the volatile gases that are a part of the wood. Coal, such as Anthracite, is from a wood source that has been formed under the conditions of pressure, and heat for thousands of years.
2007-12-04 13:05:08 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes .. The coal you camp with has starter fluid in it . It is also procesed coal .. Grandpas was straight from the mines .
2007-12-04 13:04:39 · answer #5 · answered by ellimay oh 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Probably the same, coal is coal, unless it is peat or charcoal.
2007-12-04 13:05:37 · answer #6 · answered by billy 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋