gas coal

noun

1. a soft coal suitable for the production of gas.

gas coal

noun

1. coal that is rich in volatile hydrocarbons, making it a suitable source of domestic gas

Word History and Origins

Origin of gas coal¹

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

In the complete combustion of carbon in the form of charcoal or gas-coal, there are developed 8060 units of heat.

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This is a gas coal of great excellence, yielding also a coke, good, but high in sulphur.

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Of household coal there is only 96 square miles out of the total 750, all the remainder being steam or coking and gas coal.

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