Question

Name the four components of formation of coal and petroleum

Answer 1

Answer:-

★ What is Coal?

→ Coal is a combustible black sedimentary rock formed as rock strata called coal seams.

→ Coal is mostly carbon with some of other elements like hydrogen, sulphur, oxygen, and nitrogen etc.

★ Main components of coal:-

• Hydrogen
• Sulphur
• Oxygen
• Nitrogen, etc.

Additional information:-

★ How is coal gas obtained?

Coal gas is obtained through the destructive distillation of soft coal.

★ What are the active components of coal gas?

The active components of coal gas are hydrogen, methane and carbon monoxide.

Answer 2

★ Four components of petroleum :-

• Carbon
• Nitrogen
• Hydrogen
• Sulfur
• Minerals
• Oxygen

★ Four components of coal :-

• Carbon
• Hydrogen
• Nitrogen
• Sulfur
• Oxygen
• Minerals.

→ As we all know that petroleum and coal are very important natural resources and play a vital role in modem society. Basically they are found in the earth's crust.

→ Coal and petroleum are formed because of degradation of ancient plant life which lived millions of years ago.

→ Basically These dead plant matter started to pile up, eventually forming a substance called peat. Over time, heat and pressure from geological processes transformed these materials into coal.