bituminous
Like soft coal
Bituminous describes substances containing or resembling bitumen—a thick, tarry hydroite material.
Most commonly appears in bituminous coal, a soft coal that burns with a smoky flame, ranking between lignite and anthracite in carbon content.
Bituminous materials are used in road paving and roofing: bituminous shingles, bituminous concrete.
Petroleum-based paving material
- tarmacPaved airport surface
- macadamCrushed stone paving
- roadworkStreet repair activities
- surfacingComing to the surface
pavement · highway · resurfacing · chipseal · sealcoat · aggregate · binder · hot-mix
Installing overhead shelter material
- shinglesOverlapping roof cladding
- feltCompressed fiber textile
- membraneThin tissue sheet
- flashingRepeated brief illumination
damp-proofing · sealant · mastic · pitch · tar · underlayment · coating · built-up
Formed from deposited material
- shaleCompacted clay sediment
- strataParallel geological layers
- depositPlace for safekeeping
- formationCreation or arrangement
outcrop · seam · oil sands · tar sands · source rock · maturation · basin · reservoir
Highest-grade coal variety
- ligniteLow-rank sedimentary fuel
- cokingCoal-to-coke conversion process
- metallurgicalOf metal science
- thermalPertaining to warmth
seam · mine · colliery · extraction · deposit · reserves · rank · volatile
Energy from decomposed organisms
- combustionExothermic reaction with oxygen
- power generationProcess of creating electricity
- thermalPertaining to warmth
- steamHeated water's gaseous form
boiler · carbon · emissions · greenhouse gas · climate · coke oven · gasification · BTU
asphalt
Petroleum-based paving material
surfacing · pavement · highway · resurfacing · chipseal · sealcoat · aggregate · binder · hot-mix · compaction
roofing
Installing overhead shelter material
flashing · damp-proofing · sealant · mastic · pitch · tar · underlayment · coating · built-up · modified
sedimentary
Formed from deposited material
formation · outcrop · seam · oil sands · tar sands · source rock · maturation · basin · reservoir · petroleum
anthracite
Highest-grade coal variety
- ligniteLow-rank sedimentary fuel
- cokingCoal-to-coke conversion process
- metallurgicalOf metal science
thermal · seam · mine · colliery · extraction · deposit · reserves · rank · volatile · sulfur
fossil fuel
Energy from decomposed organisms
- combustionExothermic reaction with oxygen
- power generationProcess of creating electricity
- thermalPertaining to warmth
steam · boiler · carbon · emissions · greenhouse gas · climate · coke oven · gasification · BTU · electricity
- coalanthracite, lignite, coal seam, hard coal, coal bed
- Coal Miningcoal mines, miners, coal seam, coal miners, underground mines
- coal powercoal mine, coal dust, coal seam, coal yard, coal bunker
- Mining Heritagecolliery, coal town, mining town, mining settlement, mining camp
- mininggold, mines, gold mines, mine, coal
- hearthhearth, fireplace tools, fire irons, hearthstone, hearth fire
bituminousanthracite
Highest-grade coal variety
lignite · peat · hard coal · brown coal · graphite