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describe characteristics of coke and its uses​

Answer 1

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CHARACTERISTICS⠀OF COKE.

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Coke is a grey, hard, and porous fuel with a high carbon content and few impurities, made by heating coal or oil in the absence of air—a destructive distillation process. It is an important industrial product, used mainly in iron ore smelting, but also as a fuel in stoves and forges when air pollution is a concern.

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USES OF COKE

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It is an important industrial product, used mainly in iron ore smelting, but also as a fuel in stoves and forges when air pollution is a concern.

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Answer 2

What is coke?

✦Coke is a solid grey substance which is produced from coal and is burned as a fuel.

✦It is a fuel which is obtained by the destructive distillation of coal.

✦Also known as petroleum coke or petcoke.

Characteristics of Coke:

• It is an almost pure form of carbon.

• It is a hard, black and porous substance.
• It is highly composed of carbon mixed with very few impurities.

• It is produced by heating of coal in the absence of air. (Destructive distillation of coal)

• It burns without producing any smoke or very little smoke.

Uses of coke:-

• Used for extraction of metals.
• Commonly used as a fuel for stoves,furnaces.
• Used in blacksmithing.
• It is used as a reducing agent in smelting iron ore in a blast furnace.
• Used in manufacturing steel.

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