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lignite [3 records]

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Record 1 2017-05-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Solid Fossil Fuels
DEF

A variety of brown coal having the fibrous structure of wood.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Combustibles fossiles solides
CONT

Dans les «lignites xyloïdes», à aspect de tourbe grossière, les fragments de bois sont encore reconnaissables à l'œil nu.

CONT

[...] lignite xyloïde, d'aspect jaune brun et qui rappelle la structure du bois dont il dérive [...]

OBS

[...] les Allemands [...] réservent le nom de «Lignit» à la variété de lignite xyloïde.

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-06-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Classification of Coal
CONT

Lignite, generally yellow to dark brown or rarely black coal that formed from peat at shallow depths and temperatures lower than 100 °C (212 °F). It is the first product of coalification and is intermediate between peat and subbituminous coal according to the coal classification used in the United States and Canada.

OBS

The term "brown coal" can also refer to a broader group of low-rank coals which includes lignite and subbituminous coal.

OBS

lignite coal: term standardized by Environment Canada and the Translation Bureau for use in the Air Pollutant Emission Inventory Report.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Classification des charbons
DEF

Charbon fossile, d'aspect ligneux ou terreux, noir ou brun, contenant 65 à 75 % de carbone, intermédiaire entre la tourbe et la houille.

OBS

lignite : terme normalisé par Environnement Canada et le Bureau de la traduction dans le cadre de l'Inventaire des émissions de polluants atmosphériques.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Clasificación del carbón
DEF

Carbón color pardo terroso, con restos fibrosos, originado fundamentalmente durante la Era Terciaria. Se originó, como la hulla, por descomposición anaerobia de materias vegetales.

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Record 3 2012-04-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Classification of Coal
DEF

A lignite ... that contains between 6,300 and 8,300 Btu per pound.

OBS

Lignite higher in rank than brown lignite.

OBS

Defined by Grout as having a fixed carbon content ranging from 35 to 60 percent and a total carbon content from 73.6 to 76.2 percent.

OBS

In some classifications, "black lignite" is the equivalent of "subbituminous coal."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Classification des charbons
CONT

Dans les vrais lignites, une première catégorie comprend des «lignites noirs», brillants ou luisants : ce sont les lignites bitumineux et les piciformes.

CONT

Les classifications variées des charbons sont basées sur la composition chimique, sur l'aspect et la nature des débris végétaux, sur leurs utilisations pratiques. Les principales catégories rangées dans l'ordre d'une évolution croissante, sont les suivantes : 1. la tourbe [...] 2. le lignite (70 - 75 % de C), brun-noir et terne [...] 3. le charbon [...] 4. l'anthracite [...] 5. le graphite.

Spanish

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