Class 8ScienceCoal and Petroleum

Coal and Its Products

Coal uses: thermal power plants (electricity), steel industry (coke), household fuel, making dyes, explosives, medicines. Products by destructive distillation: coke (carbon, for making steel), coal tar (making dyes, drugs, paints, naphthalene balls), coal gas (was used for street lighting in 1800s). Coal tar is black and smelly but has many useful chemicals.

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10 example pages

Concept check 1

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Definition to application 2

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Formula warm-up 3

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Reasoning practice 4

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Board-style short answer 5

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Mistake correction 6

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Visual interpretation 7

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Applied word problem 8

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Revision challenge 9

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Exam recap 10

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