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RANG CHARBON [3 records]

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Record 1 2009-05-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Classification of Coal
  • Mining of Organic Materials
DEF

The classification of coals according to their progressive alteration from lignite to anthracite.

CONT

In the United States, the standard ranks of coal include lignite, subbituminous coal, bituminous coal, and anthracite and are based on fixed carbon, volatile matter, heating value, and agglomerating (or caking) properties.

OBS

The term "rank" refers to the stage of carbonification reached in the course of metamorphism. (In international usage the term "type" is sometimes given the meaning commonly given to rank in North America and in much of the world).

OBS

The term "grade" is sometimes used as a synonym for "rank."

OBS

rank: term standardized by ISO.

OBS

rank; coal rank: terms used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Classification des charbons
  • Exploitation de matières organiques (Mines)
DEF

[Niveau] de houillification des charbons qui va du degré le plus faible (tourbe) au degré le plus élevé (anthracite).

CONT

Le rang d’un charbon est le degré de houillification atteint par celui-ci au cours de sa maturation géologique. On dira par exemple, que tel charbon est d’un rang élevé.

OBS

rang : terme normalisé par l’ISO.

OBS

rang; rang du charbon : termes en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada-Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

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Record 2 2006-11-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Classification of Coal
CONT

All fossil fuels from a continuous and progressive series, ranging from lignite, through the various bituminous coals, to anthracite. It is the position of coal in this series that determines its rank. Therefore, lignite is a low-rank coal while anthracite is a high-rank coal.

OBS

rank: The position of a coal relative to other coals in the coalification series from brown coal (low rank) to anthracite (high rank), indicating its maturity in terms of its general chemical and physical properties.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Classification des charbons
OBS

Le rang d’un charbon est sa position relativement à d’autres charbons dans la série de la houillification depuis le lignite tendre(rang bas) jusqu'à l'anthracite(rang élevé). Elle indique sa maturité en fonction de ses propriétés générales chimiques et physiques.

Spanish

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Record 3 2006-10-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Classification of Coal
DEF

Collective term for macerals having broadly similar properties in a single coal of specific rank.

OBS

Term standardized by ISO.

OBS

The three maceral groups [are]: liptinite, vitrinite, and inertinite.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Classification des charbons
DEF

Terme collectif pour les macéraux présentant des propriétés globalement analogues et se trouvant dans un charbon unique, de rang particulier.

OBS

Terme normalisé par l’ISO.

Spanish

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