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CENDRE HOUILLE [1 record]

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Record 1 1999-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Solid Fossil Fuels
OBS

ash: The incombustible residue left after the complete combustion of any fuel substance.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Combustibles fossiles solides
CONT

Les cendres des houilles sont constituées essentiellement par un silicate d'aluminium, dont des impuretés (oxyde de fer, calcium, magnésium, potassium, sodium) peuvent parfois abaisser le point de fusion jusqu'à 1150 °C. Une houille marchande donne rarement plus de 10 à 15 % de cendres [...]

OBS

On donne le nom de «houille» à tous les charbons minéraux qui ne sont pas de l'anthracite.

Spanish

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