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Coal Basics
Submitted by admin on Sun, 2006-05-14 00:35.
Coal Basics
This two page fact sheet:
Describes the process by which coal is formed
A brief history of coal use in the U.S.
How fly ash "works"
The types of coal
How coal is mined
Some coal use statistics
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