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CHARBON TENDRE BRILLANT [1 record]

Record 1 1997-06-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Classification of Coal
OBS

Outside the U.S., the term is sometimes used for brown coal and/or lignite, or for any coal with a calorific value of 5 700 kcal/kg (10,260 BTU/lb) or less on a moist, mineral-matter-free basis.

OBS

As opposed to "hard coal."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Classification des charbons

Spanish

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